Sahada Buckley

Sahada Buckley is an interdisciplinary artist and violinist whose diverse career has led to many meaningful collaborations in the United States and abroad. A native of Fairhope, Alabama, Sahada has worked with many notable classical musicians including faculty from University of California; Los Angeles, Michigan State University and the Pro Arte Quartet. Additionally, she has worked closely with acclaimed composers such as David Ludwig, Michael Ippolito, Laura Schwendinger, Mason Bates, George Meyer and Will Healy. In Wisconsin, Sahada was a member of the prestigious graduate string quartet, the Marvin Rabin String Quartet; in Georgia, she won first prize at the University of Georgia Concerto Competition performing Édouard Lalo’s Violin Concerto “Symphonie Espagnole” in 2018. Sahada has participated in many summer music festivals including Midsummer’s Music in Door County, Meadowmount School of Music, BUTI Tanglewood, Green Mountain Music Festival, Montecito Music Festival, Atlantic Music Festival, and Decoda Chamber Music Festival. Her primary teachers have been David Perry, Levon Ambartsumian, Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva and Paul Sonner. As a non-classical performer, Sahada has partnered with musicians within the free improvisation community on a national level including performing with her experimental duo, Girls With Hands, at the New York City Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit. Sahada is a graduate from the arts-focused boarding school, Interlochen Arts Academy, and holds dual Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Georgia in Violin Performance and Music Theory. Recently, Sahada received her Master’s of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the tutelage of Pro Arte Quartet first violinist, David Perry. An avid hiker, she through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2019 with a violin in her backpack. Sahada is a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of The Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival which will host their second season of concerts and student outreach performances in June 2024.