Sarah Overton
(probably)
does too much.
Sarah is three parts:
Performing Artist,
Sarah Overton is a dynamic multi-genre cellist living and working in NYC. Sarah has been featured at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Atlanta Symphony Hall, the Pantages Theater, and international stages in London, Paris, and Cardiff. She most recently performed with the Broadway Sinfonietta at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl for the world premiere of Mattel’s “Barbie: The Movie in Concert” and completed a national tour as the Principal Cellist for Sony/Marvel’s “Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert '' series. As an advocate for new music and genre-fusion she recently performed a premiere of Wondersmith Entertainment’s “Passing the Crown”: A celebration of women in hip-hop as a part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, and is a frequent collaborator with Wondersmith Entertainment, Sound Off! Music for Bail, NYU’s New Theater on Broadway, the NYChillharmonic, internationally renowned Cypriot fusion ensemble Sounds of Cyprus and many more. Sarah is also a versatile electric cellist who has performed on stages at Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando, and recently made her compositional debut both at Re:Sound Festival in Cleveland, OH and as an Artist in Residence for The Movement Theatre Company.
As an Arts Advocate, Sarah has made a lasting impact on the cultural landscape by prioritizing the creation of urgent and accessible artistic opportunities and experiences for audiences of all ages. Sarah has been a guest speaker on panels for Columbia University, George Washington University, and MSU Denver on the subjects of “Arts and Civic Engagement”, "User Experience Design for Arts Nonprofit Organizations," and “Expanding the BIPOC Classical Repertoire”. Sarah treasures most her experience as the Director of Central Florida based arts program “A Gift For Music,” - an organization dedicated to breaking down barriers between students and strings education.
Arts Advocate,
As an Arts Fundraiser in her most recent role as the Director of Project Onboarding at CCS Fundraising, she led feasibility studies to build campaign frameworks for esteemed institutions such as The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Clark Art Institute, the New York Youth Symphony, and the Perez Art Museum Miami.
As of 2024, Sarah is the Founder and Managing Director of Creative Arts Exchange (CAX), an arts consulting organization serving artists and small-midsize nonprofit arts organizations with grant writing services, individual donor management, workshops, and more. At CAX, Sarah has consulted with arts organizations in New York City to secure grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and advise on individual donor strategies to raise upwards of $40,000 for New York City artists within it’s first six months
& Arts Fundraiser
Sarah holds an M.A. in Performing Arts Administration (with a concentration in Arts Finance) from New York University, and a B.A. in Cello Performance with an outside field in Business Administration from Stetson University.
