Sarah Houle
Been with the MSO since: 2007
Hometown: Stacy, MN
Education: Bachelor of Music - Performance
My day job: Sales & Repair at the Music Mart
Earliest musical memory: Inventing my own songs as a
child. Watching cartoons like Bugs Bunny that were done to famous classical
works
Favorite thing about performing music: Always trying
to improve and make something sound better than the last time
Other instruments I play: Recorder, Tinwhistle, Trumpet,
Clarinet
The composition I would most like to perform: De
Meij – Lord of the Rings, Holst-The Planets, Sousa-Minnesota March, TOO
MANY TO NAME!
Best part about being an MSO musician: Playing
with so many other good musicians who love what they do as much as I do
What's on my iPod or in my CD player: Youngblood Brass
Band, 3-minute Hero, Gordon Goodwin, Jack Brass Band, They Might Be Giants,
Rebirth Brass Band, Dirty Dozen, Candian Brass, J.J. Johnson
Other interesting fact(s): I also enjoy writing my own music. Other groups I play with are: The Bass Brand Brass Band, The Govenaires, Minnesota River Valley Wind Ensemble, The Hobos, The Echos, Mankato Area Community Band, MSU Pit Orchestra, Faculty Brass Quintet