Flute / alto flute / tin whistle / piano accordion Sarah trained classically, learning flute and piano at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and then studying music at Oxford University, but she soon veered into jazz and then folk music, enjoying the more creative side of music making. She is probably best known as a member of Flook, the award-wining Anglo-Irish band with whom she has toured internationally for over 13 years. Flook invigorated the folk scene with their mix of Traditional tunes and contemporary beats, recording three acclaimed studio albums, winning BBC Radio 2 Best Band in 2006, and establishing themselves as a firm favourite with audiences, critics, and musicians all over the world. Prior to Flook, Sarah was also a key member of the much-loved The Barely Works, that eclectic group of musicians who appeared on the folkscene in 1988 and proceeded to forge an irreverent path, based in English folk music, but never letting tradition stand in the way of a good idea. Sarah also performed with, amongst others, The Happy End, a robust and erratic London-based 22 piece big band, and BIGJIG, which she formed with Barelies banjoman, Chris Thompson. She has more recently been playing and recording with The Waterboys, in their extended "An Appointment with Mr Yeats" line-up.

Loads of teaching over the years: private students at home, pupils in local schools, workshops all over the place.Can teach in a variety of styles, including classical, folk, improvisation