Sarah Cummings

Sarah Cummings has been holding a violin since the age of four and earned music degrees from Ithaca College and Northwestern University.  Active in the upstate New York area as a freelance musician, she has performed regularly with local organizations such as Music’s Recreation and Women’s Works and is featured on the album Fiddlespel: Dance Music of Scandinavia.  She is a passionate student and teacher of the Suzuki method and is the co-director of the Ithaca Suzuki Music Education school, as well as co-director for the summer Ithaca Suzuki Institute at Ithaca College.  A devoted member of the CCO since 1998, she has served on numerous committees, worked as the music librarian for 15 years, and served on the Board of Directors for 9 years.  She is currently the program coordinator for the Willard Daetsch Youth Outreach Program, as well as co-founder of the CCO Youth Orchestra in 2017.