Faculty Bio
Sarah Wallin-Huff
Violin, Early Childhood Music, Co-Chair
Bachelor of Arts, Music Education, California State Polytechnic University
Assoicate in Arts, Music, Coastline Community College
 

Sarah Wallin Huff has been playing the violin since 1989, having studied under several different teachers, including renowned violinist/violist and lecturer Kay Pech. Additionally, she has studied Baroque violin technique with Los Angeles Musica Angelica violinist, M. Anne Rardin, and has performed on both Baroque violin and Baroque viola with the Claremont Graduate University Early Music ensemble Collegium Musicum. She has also been a regular performer on four-, five-, and six-string electric violins with the Cal Poly Pomona MIDI Band since 2003, and she toured with the Continental Ministries from 1999 to 2002, performing as a singer, dancer, and violinist/fiddler across the continental U.S. and throughout eleven European countries. Within her touring groups, Ms. Wallin Huff has held several authoritative positions, including Assistant Director, by which she has gained experience in leadership, organization, scheduling, public relations, excellence in show production, individual counseling, rehearsal technique, and both choreographical and musical instruction. As of 2008, she is a member of the Orange County Symphony, has performed with other numerous orchestras and ensembles throughout California, and regularly performs as a soloist for a variety of events and concerts, as well as participating on violin and viola on various recording projects. Some performance highlights include: performing and collaborating with pianist/composer Denise Young, accompanying Christian-artist notables Michael Card and Twila Paris, and collaborating with classical/hip-hop/rock artist Jake "ONO" Bhattacharya on his latest upcoming album.

Sarah Wallin Huff has been teaching music and violin technique privately throughout Southern California since 1998, offering personalized instruction at every level. Wallin Huff was awarded her Bachelor in Arts in Music Education from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona in 2006, and her Master's degree in Music Composition from Claremont Graduate University in 2008.

Sarah Wallin Huff has studied composition privately with Dr. Peter Yates (of California Polytechnic University of Pomona), Dr. Mark Carlson (of UCLA), and Dr. Edward David Zeliff (of Claremont Graduate University), and she has had her compositions performed in several concerts encompassing Southern California, including the prestigious Zipper Hall in Los Angeles. She has also arranged a wide variety of pieces for the MIDI Band at Cal Poly Pomona since its inception in 2003, as well as offering a wide variety of arrangements and transcriptions for students and professional colleagues. Her compositions range from solo works to chamber ensembles, to orchestral concert pieces and film and theater works. Her general style draws from such diverse sound-worlds as early and modern Classical (encompassing such composers as Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, Bernstein, and Glass), new age and electronica, world, and folk.

Violin
Early Childhood
Suzuki Strings
Violin Program