Office (Primary):
512-232-2088
MBE 2.128

UT Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Music
1 University Station, E3100
Austin, TX 78712-0435

Email:
syamamoto@mail.utexas.edu

Satoko (Sandy) Yamamoto, violinist, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina has been a member of the Miró Quartet since 1996. At age 11, Sandy made her solo debut with the North Carolina Symphony and has since performed with various orchestras including the Winston Salem Symphony, the Durham Symphony, the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, the International Music Program Orchestra, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. At age 13, she won the North Carolina National Bank Music Competition, which gave her a full scholarship to attend the North Carolina School of the Arts for high school to study with Elaine Richey. She continued her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she earned both her Bachelor’s and her Masters’ degrees studying with Donald Weilerstein and David Cerone. She has performed to great acclaim in venues across Europe and the United States including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Sandy serves as Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin.