About
Emerging bassoonist Sara Mau eagerly ventures east to join AYO for their Summer Season.
Sara began her studies at Rossmoyne Senior High School under the tutelage of Peter Moore OAM, having earned a scholarship for the Specialist Classical Music Program. Before graduating from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Music (Honours), Sara claimed the title of 2024 Wesley Scholar and also won the Janet Anderson Prize for Woodwind. Here, she studied with WASO’s invaluable Principal Jane Kircher-Linder.
This year, Sara is excited to train under Lyndon Watts at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music while undertaking a Master of Orchestral Performance.
Sara has played in a variety of orchestras and chamber ensembles including the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Youth Orchestra, Irwin Street Chamber Orchestra and the UWA Symphony Orchestra. She can’t wait to return to the Australian Youth Orchestra to play for her very first time in the sunshine state.