Sarah Johnson

As director of The Weill Music Institute, Sarah Johnson is responsible for developing and overseeing all educational and community activities at Carnegie Hall. The Weill Music Institute annually serves over 350,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in the New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world. During her time at Carnegie Hall, Ms. Johnson has led the first major strategic planning initiative for the Weill Music Institute, including the development of a digital strategy for the department, and has launched numerous programs including the award-winning Musical Connections, which serves people in acute need in healthcare settings, correctional facilities including juvenile justice centers, homeless shelters, and senior service organizations and the recently announced National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. In the fall of 2012, Musical America named Ms. Johnson one of the 30 Rising Stars in the Performing Arts under the age of 40.

Prior to joining Carnegie Hall in April 2007, Ms. Johnson served as Director of Education and Community Partnerships at The Philadelphia Orchestra. Ms. Johnson has also worked as a teaching artist with the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center Institute.A graduate from the Juilliard School, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in oboe performance, and she is a founding member of Ariel Winds.