Sarah Horick is a composer of contemporary concert music. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Theory and Composition from Furman University

Furman University

Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

 in 2006 where she studied with Mark Kilstofte

Mark Kilstofte

Mark Kilstofte is an American composer, and professor at Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, reared in Pueblo, Colorado.-Life:...

. She earned a Master of Music in Composition and a Master of Arts in Music Theory at Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

 where she studied with Mark Wingate and Ladislav Kubik

Ladislav Kubik

Ladislav Kubík is a contemporary Czech-American composer. His style is associated with other post-war Eastern European composers, such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Witold Lutosławski....

. Her works have been performed in the United States, Canada, the UK, and Italy, and she has been commissioned by soprano Tamara Matthews, conductor Leslie Hicken, the Erie Saxophone Quartet, and clarinetist Jeffrey Brooks, among others.

Horick primarily writes acoustic and electroacoustic concert music. Her works list includes pieces for orchestra, wind ensemble, choir, and various vocal and instrumental chamber music. Horick's works have been programmed on a number of festivals including the Asolo Song Festival in Paderno del Grappa, Italy; FEASt FEST at Florida International University

Florida International University

Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...

, Grand Valley State University's Free Play 10: Listening Chamber, Florida State University's Festival of New Music, and the LaSalle University War and Peace concert. She was selected as a finalist in the Vancouver Chamber Choir's

Vancouver Chamber Choir

The Vancouver Chamber Choir is a Canadian choir performing in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was founded in 1971 and has commissioned and premiered more than 170 new choral works in almost four decades. VCC performs at home and abroad and has received many honours and distinctions from around the...

 Young Composers Competition in 2007 and was also a finalist in the Schlern International Music Festival Voice Competition in Vols am Schlern, Italy in 2007.

In addition to her compositional activities, Horick has also been actively involved in the promotion of new music. She served as the president of the Florida State University chapter of the Society of Composers, Inc. from 2007–2009, and she was a founding member and organizer of the CHASM Student New Music Festival in 2008. The CHASM Festival brought in student composers from across the country to present their works in a one-day festival. At the Catholic University of America, she founded the New Voices festival exclusively dedicated to new vocal music.

External references

http://www.sarahhorick.com

http://www.societyofcomposers.org/user/sarahhorick.html

http://www.richardzarou.com/Listen.html

http://elizabethjoankelly.com/Documents/Freeplay10program.pdf

http://www.eastgrinstead.gov.uk/news/article.php?id=708

http://www.asolo.it/ITA/allegati//00000180/2.pdf