Sarah Jeffery MMus RECORDER PLAYER · CLOG DANCER · MUSIC-THEATRE MAKER E-Mail: info@sarahjeffery.com Website: www.sarahjeffery.com

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Bio

Sarah Jeffery (born 1985, Derbyshire) is a recorder player and

clog dancer currently based in the Netherlands. Having

recently graduated cum laude from her master studies at the

Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Sarah now collaborates

closely with composers, in particular to create music-theatre.

She has founded a range of ensembles with whom she

performs regularly throughout Europe. Fusing her roots in British

folk music with her experiences in the contemporary music

world, she explores the combination of percussive clog dance,

live electronics and Carnatic improvisation with contemporary

recorder playing. Sarah works in the education department of

the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, and also writes for

publications such as Tempo and Blokfluitist.

Education

Master of Music: recorder cum laude 2011-2013

Conservatorium van Amsterdam, NL

Bachelor of Music: recorder 2007-2010

Conservatorium van Amsterdam, NL

Bachelor of Music: recorder cum laude 2003-2007

Birmingham Conservatoire, UK

Ensembles

BO IS BURNING! music-theatre 2012-present PROJECT 128 live techno 2013-present LEEUWENHART experimental dutch pop 2013-present aXolot recorder trio 2010-present DUO NASA recorder and pan flute 2010-present THE WHITE NOISE ORCHESTRA impro collective 2012-present PRIME RECORDER ENSEMBLE electronic recorders 2013 LIGETI ACADEMY contemporary ensemble 2011-12 AMSTERDAM COLLAGE ENSEMBLE contemporary ensemble 2010-2013 AKE-TAKI recorder duo 2007-2011 THE OLD DANCE SCHOOL british folk band 2006-2008 JOE BROUGHTON’S FOLK ENSEMBLE folk orchestra 2003-2008

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Music-theatre / Opera productions

Uitlogeren Self-produced/ Stichting Memo 2015 Im Quadrat aXolot 2014 The Call Amsterdam Fringe Festival 2014 De Klankstoomboot Bo is Burning/ Atlas Ensemble 2014 21st Century Clogs Bo is Burning 2013 Syronia aXolot 2014 Invert Solo work 2012 We Are Golden T.I.M.E / Veenfabriek 2012 Woestijnwind Jeugdtheater Sonnevanck 2010 Die Zauberflöte T. Karni / W.A. Mozart 2009 Dido and Anaeas T. Karni / H. Purcell 2008 Medea Tania Sikelanou 2008 Psyche Matthew Locke 2007 The Fairy Queen H. Purcell 2005

Scholarships / Prizes

Leverhulme Research Studentship 2012 Countess of Munster Music Trust 2010 Walter Bergmann Fund grant 2010 Park Lane Group (finalist) 2010 Julius Isserlis Scholarship (finalist) 2010 Birmingham Conservatoire Recorder Competition 2006

Masterclasses

Walter van Hauwe · Dan Laurin · Marcel Wierckx · Anneke Boeke · Lucio Garau · Adrian Brown · Thiemo

Wind · Alfredo Bernadini · Jean-Pierre Boullet · Katriina Boosey · Rebecca Austen-Brown · Louise Bradbury