Biography     

      Sascha Groschang, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, has performed numerous solo recitals and as an Artists International Special Presentation Winner, gave her solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in February of 2009. She has appeared at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall many times as a chamber and orchestral musician, including as a featured soloist with country artist Clay Walker, and as associate principal of the National Youth Symphony. She has shared the stage with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenburg, Johnathon Biss, Robert Levin, Sharon Isben, Vladimir Feltsman and Pepe Ramero. She has been a soloist with the Grammy-Award-winning Kansas City Chorale, The Bach-Aria Soloists, and has been a featured performer for Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver (MO), Governor Bob Holden (MO) and the United States Department of Labor.

In 2009, Ms. Groschang traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as an invited member of the Malaysian International Festival Orchestra. She has also been a member of the Des Moines Symphony and held an associate position in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for the 2006-2007 season. As a chamber musician, Sascha has worked with members of the Orion String Quartet, the Mendelssohn String Quartet, the Mannes Trio, the Philadelphia Quartet, Margo Garrett, Jacob Lateiner, Donald McGinnis and Leon Fleisher. In 2005, she participated in a series of chamber music concerts with members of the Kansas City and Des Moines Symphonies. While attending Mannes College of Music in New York City, Sascha held an assistantship in chamber music and in 2007, participated in the Juilliard ChamberFest. She has received scholarships and awards from Mannes College of Music, Aspen School of Music, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the Mayfield Towns Memorial Scholarship Fund and Kodak (Young Leader's Award). Sascha also has over twelve years of teaching experience and many of her students have earned the highest ratings at regional and state contests and have gone on to pursue music at the university level.

In addition to classical music, Sascha is an avid performer and string arranger of non-traditional and popular styles such as folk, jazz and contemporary, worship, improvisation, rock, alternative, Broadway and film music. She has performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the off-broadway show, "Matthew Passion" and has extensive recording experience, including sessions for the recording artists Ashanti and Joanna Newsome, Rhino Records and NBC. Sascha is a founding member of the alternative string duo, ‘The Wires,’ which explores a variety of non-traditional string techniques and styles through original compositions. Sascha holds a Bachelor Degree in Music Performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory and a graduate diploma in performance from Mannes College of Music.

Upcoming appearances for the 2010-2011 season include concerts in Miami, Chicago and Thailand with the new music chamber ensemble, Quadrivium, shows in Kansas City with the collaborative ensemble, Quixotic Fusion, and performances in New York City with The Wires.

For more information on Sascha's current projects, please see her Upcoming Performances page.