A new video from my recital with Jeffrey C. Johnson: 'Con amores la mi madre', from Classical Songs by Fernando J. Obradors, filmed on the central coast of California. Announcing: The Glass Universe Dava Sobel's latest book, just released in December 2016! The new book tells the story of the women who worked at the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. Observatory director Edward Pickering hired them because he believed women were careful workers—and would accept lower pay than men. There was a broad field for“woman’s work” in that exciting period when photography upended astronomy. |
Looking for some respite during Lent?
Sarah's CD "Grace in Time": Buy it Here 'Grace in Time' is a selection of sacred songs for voice and organ. This CD features songs by Wolf, Vierne, Ellington, Mahler, Sullivan, Mozart and more! You can view a promotional video here More websites chock full of info are at galileosdaughters.com and buckyballmusic.com. 
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From the Cloisters program in New York City with Ronn McFarlane, James Waldo, John Mark Rozendaal and Mary Anne Ballard
News:
Upcoming Galileo's Daughters concert- 1:15 PM on Thursday, March 16 at St. Bartholomew's church, East 50th Street and Park avenue. Motets from 17th century nun composers. Dramatic, tragic, exhilarating music- perfect for these uncertain times.
March 25 at 7 PM - excited to be joining my co-Phoenix Quartet colleagues David Orcutt and Richard Pearson Thomas in a song recital in Chelsea, NYC, featuring a beautiful work of Richard's, "Ossessione". Also featuring wonderful tenor Irwin Reese. Solos, duets, and trios.
Galileo's Daughters is going to Hawaii - we will be performing for the 50th celebration of the Institute for Astronomy on June 27, 2017!
Upcoming Galileo's Daughters concert- 1:15 PM on Thursday, March 16 at St. Bartholomew's church, East 50th Street and Park avenue. Motets from 17th century nun composers. Dramatic, tragic, exhilarating music- perfect for these uncertain times.
March 25 at 7 PM - excited to be joining my co-Phoenix Quartet colleagues David Orcutt and Richard Pearson Thomas in a song recital in Chelsea, NYC, featuring a beautiful work of Richard's, "Ossessione". Also featuring wonderful tenor Irwin Reese. Solos, duets, and trios.
Galileo's Daughters is going to Hawaii - we will be performing for the 50th celebration of the Institute for Astronomy on June 27, 2017!
Past performances, notable mentions and press:
A feature on John Schaefer's New Sounds show on WNYC - a very special segment featuring artists who perform crossover music which was aired on July 25, 2016
To take a listen, click Here
March 11, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Early Music at Saint James
March 6, 2016 at 1 PM and 3 PM:
The Cloisters, NYC
Carmina! Vocal and Instrumental Song at the Dawn of the Renaissance
with Ronn McFarlane, lute; John Mark Rozendaal and James Waldo, viols.
Visit Galileo's Daughter's "watch and listen" page for audio clips from the program
February 6, 2016 at 7:30 PM:
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
Read the preview Here
Read the review Here
December 5, 2015 at 5 PM:
Moravian College Medieval/Early Modern Conference Concert
Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market Street, Bethlehem, PA
Thursday, January 22, 2015, Galileo's Daughters: Music for Copernicus
Midtown Concert Series at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue (@ 51st St.), NYC
This concert was a scaled-down version of the full multimedia program, with solos and viol consort music from the late 15th and 16th centuries. The concert reflected Copernicus' life and travels through the music from his day, and features such beautiful pieces as the Polish chant from the Middle Ages, Bogurodzica.
December 29, 2014: Sarah was reviewed in The New York Times for her revised portrayal of a 12th century queen in The Play of Daniel (the above photo is from inside page 1 of The New York Times). This wonderful jewel of a production tells the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den and Belshazzar's Feast, with original melodies and text from the "youth of Beauvais" France, originally performed in the 12th century. It is a thoroughly entertaining and enlightening production for all ages!
Sarah's early music ensemble, Galileo's Daughters, spent the weekend of November 1-2, 2014 at Smith College as a part of a short-term project by the college's Kahn Institute. The project's theme was titled "Contested Cosmologies: Our Place in Space" and included such participants as Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University of Astronomy and the History of Science. It was a fascinating weekend, and culminated in a performance of "Perpetual Motion: Galileo and His Revolutions". Learn more by visiting Galileo's Daughters' website.
In August, 2014, Sarah offered a recital with organist Jeffrey C. Johnson at the beautiful historic St. Mark's Lutheran Church in downtown San Francisco. Musical selections came from their CD, "Grace in Time", as well as Leonard Bernstein's song cycle "I Hate Music!" and some jazz. Here is a youtube video of their performance of "Gebet" by Hugo Wolf, arrangement by Max Reger.
On Friday, February 7, 2014 at 8 pm, Sarah's early music ensemble, Galileo's Daughters, performed their trans-media program, "Perpetual Motion: Galileo and His Revolutions" at the Fabbri Mansion in New York City. For more information and tickets please visit: salonsanctuaryconcerts.org. A review of the performance is here.
December 2013 News: Notable, full, vivid and genre-busting
Two reviews from December performances: The Washington Post: The singing and playing, under the baton of Elizabeth Young, were notably strong. Sarah Pillow, who played the boys' mother in the first piece and Amanda, the 14-year-old heroine of the second, has a genuinely genre-busting voice, full and vivid.
The New York Times: The singers were adequate to excellent on Friday, the most notable being James Ruff as Daniel, Peter Walker as Belshazzar and Habakkuk, and Sarah Pillow as Belshazzar’s queen and Habakkuk’s angel.
A feature on John Schaefer's New Sounds show on WNYC - a very special segment featuring artists who perform crossover music which was aired on July 25, 2016
To take a listen, click Here
March 11, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Early Music at Saint James
March 6, 2016 at 1 PM and 3 PM:
The Cloisters, NYC
Carmina! Vocal and Instrumental Song at the Dawn of the Renaissance
with Ronn McFarlane, lute; John Mark Rozendaal and James Waldo, viols.
Visit Galileo's Daughter's "watch and listen" page for audio clips from the program
February 6, 2016 at 7:30 PM:
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
Read the preview Here
Read the review Here
December 5, 2015 at 5 PM:
Moravian College Medieval/Early Modern Conference Concert
Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market Street, Bethlehem, PA
Thursday, January 22, 2015, Galileo's Daughters: Music for Copernicus
Midtown Concert Series at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue (@ 51st St.), NYC
This concert was a scaled-down version of the full multimedia program, with solos and viol consort music from the late 15th and 16th centuries. The concert reflected Copernicus' life and travels through the music from his day, and features such beautiful pieces as the Polish chant from the Middle Ages, Bogurodzica.
December 29, 2014: Sarah was reviewed in The New York Times for her revised portrayal of a 12th century queen in The Play of Daniel (the above photo is from inside page 1 of The New York Times). This wonderful jewel of a production tells the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den and Belshazzar's Feast, with original melodies and text from the "youth of Beauvais" France, originally performed in the 12th century. It is a thoroughly entertaining and enlightening production for all ages!
Sarah's early music ensemble, Galileo's Daughters, spent the weekend of November 1-2, 2014 at Smith College as a part of a short-term project by the college's Kahn Institute. The project's theme was titled "Contested Cosmologies: Our Place in Space" and included such participants as Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University of Astronomy and the History of Science. It was a fascinating weekend, and culminated in a performance of "Perpetual Motion: Galileo and His Revolutions". Learn more by visiting Galileo's Daughters' website.
In August, 2014, Sarah offered a recital with organist Jeffrey C. Johnson at the beautiful historic St. Mark's Lutheran Church in downtown San Francisco. Musical selections came from their CD, "Grace in Time", as well as Leonard Bernstein's song cycle "I Hate Music!" and some jazz. Here is a youtube video of their performance of "Gebet" by Hugo Wolf, arrangement by Max Reger.
On Friday, February 7, 2014 at 8 pm, Sarah's early music ensemble, Galileo's Daughters, performed their trans-media program, "Perpetual Motion: Galileo and His Revolutions" at the Fabbri Mansion in New York City. For more information and tickets please visit: salonsanctuaryconcerts.org. A review of the performance is here.
December 2013 News: Notable, full, vivid and genre-busting
Two reviews from December performances: The Washington Post: The singing and playing, under the baton of Elizabeth Young, were notably strong. Sarah Pillow, who played the boys' mother in the first piece and Amanda, the 14-year-old heroine of the second, has a genuinely genre-busting voice, full and vivid.
The New York Times: The singers were adequate to excellent on Friday, the most notable being James Ruff as Daniel, Peter Walker as Belshazzar and Habakkuk, and Sarah Pillow as Belshazzar’s queen and Habakkuk’s angel.
