Bio

SARAH GRIEGO IS AN AMERICAN COMPOSER, ORCHESTRATOR, PERFORMER, CONDUCTOR, AND EDUCATOR. SARAH HAS TAUGHT STUDENTS RANGING FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED LEVELS IN JAZZ AND CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE, AS WELL AS MUSIC THEORY, COMPOSITION, AND ARRANGING. AS BOTH AN EDUCATOR AND MUSICIAN, SHE VALUES VERSATILITY IN PERFORMANCE, WRITING, LISTENING, AND TEACHING WHILE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO APPROACH MUSIC WITHOUT STYLISTIC PREJUDICE. AS A PERFORMER, SARAH HAS APPEARED WITH A VARIETY OF ARTISTS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. HER MUSICAL SPECIALTIES INCLUDE JAZZ COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE, LATIN MUSIC, CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AND CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE.

SARAH REMAINS ACTIVE AS A COMPOSER AND ARRANGER, WRITING FOR CONCERT HALL ENSEMBLES, CHAMBER GROUPS, BIG BAND AND VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLES, ORCHESTRA, MARCHING BAND, MARIACHI, AND A WIDE RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY SETTINGS. HER MUSIC HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY NUMEROUS ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES INCLUDING LORENZO ANTONIO, DIONNE WARWICK, THE AMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA, VINCENT HERRING, DAYMÉ AROCENA, RAINAO, GERRY LOPEZ, BAPTISTE HERBIN, JOAN OSBORNE, BENNY BENACK III, MATT WILSON’S GOOD TROUBLE, AND THE SEVEN-TIME GRAMMY- NOMINATED ONE O’CLOCK LAB BAND. 

AS A BANDLEADER AND CONDUCTOR, SARAH HAS DIRECTED SEVERAL ENSEMBLES INCLUDING THE EDDIE

BREWER BIG BAND, PARKER’S LAB BAND, THE FUN O’CLOCK LAB BAND, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO MARCHING BAND. HER DIVERSE MUSICAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE STYLES CONTINUE TO MAKE HER AN IN-DEMAND COMPOSER, PERFORMER, EDUCATOR, AND CLINICIAN. SARAH HOLDS A BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE IN JAZZ STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND A MASTER OF MUSIC DEGREE IN JAZZ COMPOSITION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.