Sarah Arnone first picked up a cello in her hometown of Cincinnati as a member of a public middle school string orchestra. She has since performed for audiences around the world. Dr. Arnone performs with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Iowa, and she has been a featured soloist with the Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra, the Civic Symphony of Green Bay, and the Bradley University Symphony Orchestra. Having cultivated a love for chamber music, Dr. Arnone was previously a founding member of the SomArté Piano Trio, the Silverwood Ensemble, and the Douglas Cello Quartet. In the summers, she teaches at Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in beautiful Twin Lake, Michigan. She previously served on the music faculty at Bradley University for over a decade.
Although she is most comfortable with her cello in hand, Dr. Arnone also enjoys a career in public speaking, writing, and art. She has been a featured speaker at George Mason University, with the Montgomery Arts Council, Illinois Symphony Guild, The Rtisan Podcast, and the Peoria Music Teachers Association. She has presented her research on religious identity and music at the MGMC annual conference and Iowa Musicology Day, and her writing on mindful practice habits and performance health has been published in various music education forums, magazines, and blogs. Dr. Arnone also enjoyed several years of working with students, faculty, and staff on their writing projects at The Writing University, also known as the University of Iowa. A dedicated life-long student, she continues to study music history, research and writing practices, earth sciences, and ceramics.
Dr. Arnone completed her DMA at the University of Iowa, and she received her Master of Music degree from the DePaul University School of Music and her Bachelor of Music degree from The Hartt School at the University of Hartford. She is currently a student at the University of California San Diego’s extended studies program, where she is studying biology. Her instrument, D'Artagnan, is a 1750 French cello with an unnamed maker. Dr. Arnone lives in Iowa City with her husband and step-son, who are also accomplished cellists. When not playing or teaching, she enjoys swimming, putzing in her garden, and taking far too many pictures of the family dog, Carver.