Sarah Hutchings is a composer of art song, operatic, and orchestral works. She is a freelance journalist located in South Florida.
“…a young voice of the 21st century forging the inchoate sounds of the century to come.” – Steven Jude Tietjen.
Sarah Hutchings is a composer and creative sought after for her lyricism and captivating musical energy. The Washington Post has hailed her work as having an “appealing…sinuous” musical flavor.
Fascinated by using aural color, she gravitates to creative projects that are graphic, uninhibited, or evoke physicality.
Sarah Hutchings was previously Composer in Residence with the Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative program and Composer Fellow at the John Duffy Institute. She previously apprenticed composer Ricky Ian Gordon while assisting the workshop of Gordon’s opera, Morning Star, as part of the Opera Fusion program at Cincinnati Opera. Sarah Hutchings has also apprenticed composer Carlisle Floyd during his residency at the University of Cincinnati.
She has degrees from the University of Cincinnati, Florida State University, and Western Carolina University.
She splits her time between bases in Florida and New York City with a baritone and a cat.
Her website: www.sarahhutchings.com
