Sarah Bernstein is a violinist,
vocalist, composer and improviser. Her performances
as a violinist in acoustic and electric settings display a unique
approach to
sound and improvisation. Her compositions range from jazz forms to
chamber pieces to solo electronic mixed-media to film scoring. Recent
work explores original text and spoken word in combination with music
and sound design. Sarah received her BFA in violin performance and MA
in jazz studies. She has worked intensively in new music, jazz, and
rock, and is also influenced by her experience with West African,
Afro-Caribbean, North
Indian, and Flamenco music. Current projects include Sarah Bernstein
Unearthish (with Satoshi Takeishi), Iron Dog (with Stuart Popejoy and
Andrew Drury), Dave Scott Violin Band, Adam Rudolf's Go:Organic
Orchestra, R.G.B.A. (with Nisi Jacobs, Michael Schumacher and Stuart
Popejoy) and Anthony Braxton's Trillium Orchestra. She has
also worked with Barbez, Johnny Almendra y Los Jovenes Del Barrio,
the Pulse Ensemble, Marina Rosenfeld, the Living Theater, the Merce
Cunningham Dance Company, Maria Benjumeda, and Mamadou Sidibe.
UPCOMING
Sarah Bernstein Unearthish - the Local 269
feat. Satoshi Takeishi
"Evolving Voice/Evolving Music" Series
Monday, July 12 2010
$10
269 E Houston St
NY, NY 10002
myspace.com/rucmanyc
Shoko Nagai's "Glimpse of City" - Roulette
Shoko Nagai, Ned Rothenberg, Sarah Bernstein, Satoshi Takeishi
Friday, July 16 2010
8:30 pm $15 ($10 students/seniors)
20 Greene Street, NYC
roulette.org/events/event.php/NAGAI_10
Bradley Farberman - 5C Cultural Center and Cafe
Friday, July 16 2010
10:30 pm
5th St and Ave C, NYC
5cculturalcenter.org
Iron Dog - the Stone
Stuart Popejoy, Andrew Drury, Sarah Bernstein
Friday, Oct 8 2010
10 pm $10
Ave C and 2nd St
NY, NY
thestonenyc.com
PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE
Compositions
Normality spoken word/violin
Wind Chime with
Stuart Popejoy, bass guitar
StillFree with
Stuart Popejoy, bass guitar
Paper Eyes
with Deanna Witkowski, piano
Text
Precarious
with Iron Dog (Bernstein, Popejoy, Cappellato)
Laughing
At You with Iron Dog (Bernstein, Popejoy, Drury)
Iron Dog
Wasserbaby
Anthem
Inroad
Needyhuman
Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolf, Towards The Unknown (YAL Records and Meta Records, 2010)
The Living End, White Noise (Dew Process, 2008)
Dan Kaufman, Force Of Light (Tzadik, 2007)
Rob Reddy's Small Town, The Book Of The Storm (Reddy Music, 2007)
Harvey Milk, Special Wishes (Troubleman Unlimited, 2006)
Escort, Starlight (Escort Records, 2006)
Barbez, Barbez (Important Records, 2004)
Peck
Almond, Kalimba Collage
(SoniCulture Records, 2004)
Numinous, The Music of Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. (Numinous,
2003)
Kazuyoshi Saito, Cold Tube (Speedstar Records, 2000)
Los Jovenes Del
Barrio, Es Differente!
(Shanachie Records, 2000)
sarahbernstein--"at"--sarahbernstein--dot--com