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About Sara
An active performer and educator based in Indianapolis, Sara Petokas performs regularly on both modern and historical instruments. Sara holds a Bachelors in Music Education from Mansfield University, a Masters in Horn Performance from the Eastman School of Music and is currently finishing her Doctorate in Horn Performance and Literature from Indiana University. Sara is formerly the Horn Instructor at Marian University and maintains an active Private Lesson Studio on Lessonface.com where she teaches horn, piano, music theory and ukulele. She is also currently the the lead teaching artist for El Sistema Indianapolis which provides music education to underserved students.
On the baroque horn, Sara has performed with the Indiana University Baroque Orchestra, the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project and the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra on a Project with the South Carolina Bach Society. She recently performed Handel’s “Parnasso in Festa” and the “Teleman Concerto for two horns” TWV 52:D2 with the Indiana University Baroque Orchestra.
On the modern horn, Sara holds the chair of Fourth Horn with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, and performs regularly with the Danville (IL) Symphony Orchestra and Carmel Symphony Orchestra in Indianapolis. Sara also performs with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra.
Sara is a founding member of Flower City Brass, a quintet founded at Eastman in 2017. The quintet has toured and performed around the world, most recently at the Aspen Music Festival in the Summer of 2021. The quintet was invited to compete at the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Competition in July, 2019. Sara is an active chamber music performer, playing in and around Indianapolis throughout the year.
Outside of playing the horn, Sara is an active performer on piano and tenor saxophone. She enjoys staying active and taking her cat "Moo" for walks.