Kenneth Sarch is a Juilliard School graduate. At Juilliard, Ken studied with Ivan Galamian, Sally Thomas and Dorothy DeLay. He has also studied with Robert Koff of the Juilliard String Quartet, Rudolf Kolisch, and Roman Totenberg. He earned the Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he also taught on the Music Education faculty. Ken received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Performance from Boston University, where he served on the faculty as Assistant to Roman Totenberg. His awards include two Fromm Foundation Tanglewood Fellowships, four USIA (United States Information Agency) Arts America Grants to Central and South America, Israel and Jordan, and two Fulbright scholarships, to Brazil and Bolivia.
Below is an overview of Dr. Sarch's credentials.
Education
- Doctor of Musical Arts 1982, Boston University
- Artist Diploma 1970, New England Conservatory
- Master and Bachelor of Science 1966, Juilliard School
- Violin Performance, Chamber Music
Positions Held
- Mansfield University
- Professor of Violin & Viola 1995 – pres. Director of String Studies
- Conductor - MU String Chamber Orchestra
- Chair– University Fine Arts Committee 1997-2003
- Williamsport Symphony
- Concertmaster 1995 – present
- FAME Music Festival
- Artist faculty
- Director of Chamber Music Program 1996 - 1999
- Shenandoah University Conservatory
- Associate Professor of Violin & Viola 1984 - 1995
- Chair of String Department
- Director Summer Music Camp 1984 - 1995
- Brevard Music Festival
- Faculty
- Assistant Concertmaster 1993 - 1995
- East Tennessee State University
- Assistant Professor of Violin & Viola 1978 - 1984
- Chair String Department 1978-1984
- Concertmaster Johnson City Symphony
- Boston University School of Music
- Teaching Associate – Assistant to Roman Totenberg 1970-1978
- Co-Director and Founder of Boston University Young Artist Program
- Tanglewood B.U. Institute
- Faculty 1972 - 1978
- Chamber Music Coordinator 1972 - 1978
- New England Conservatory
- Faculty String Pedagogy 1972-1978
- Chair – Preparatory Division String Department
- 1st Violin Boston String Quartet
- Director New England Conservatory Music Camp
- New York Orchestral Society, Joseph Eger, conductor
- Hartford Civic Symphony, various conductors (2 years)
- Fame Festival Orchestra, Joseph Primavera, conductor
- Maryland Symphony, Barry Tuckwell, conductor
- Johnson City Symphony, James Marabel, conductor (5 years)
- Boston Chamber Orchestra, David Sonnenschein, conductor
- Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, Robin Fountain, conductor (14 years)
- Brevard Festival Orchestra, Henry Janiec, conductor (2 years)
- New Jersey Symphony, Matthias Abbas, conductor
- American Symphony, Leopold Stokowski, conductor
- Hartford Symphony, Arthur Winograd, conductor
- BMC Orchestra at Tanglewood, various conductors including Bernstein, Ozawa, Copland, Foss, Tilson Thomas etc.
Concertmaster Positions Held
Associate Concertmaster Position Held
Orchestral Positions Held
Professional Memberships
- American String Teachers Association with NSOA
- President and Editor of PADESTA, MTNA – National String Program and Chamber Music Competition Chair
- MENC, PMEA – State Orchestra Repertory Chair, College Orchestra Directors Association
- Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity and National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota
Awards Received
- Fulbright Scholar in Music to Brazil (1982) and Bolivia (2003)
- PMEA Citation of Excellence in Music Education (2003)
- USIA Arts America Grants to Panama, Brazil, Jordan, Israel (1989-1995)
- PennPat, Bradford County Arts Council and SAI Philanthropies grants for “East Meets West” Project with the Mansfield University Orchestra (2004)
