A native of Strathmore, Alberta, cellist Sarah Steeves currently resides in Toronto performing with Sinfonia Toronto and the Ton Beau Quartet while completing her doctoral studies at the University of Toronto with Shauna Rolston.  Sarah has performed in Brazil, China, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom at concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Barcelona’s L’Auditori and Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Sarah has performed at the Aldeburgh, Banff, Domaine Forget, Orford, SLSQ Chamber Music, Toronto Bach, Toronto Summer Music, and Windy Mountain Music Festivals as well at Toronto's Arts & Letters Club.  She has performed with the Disney Young Musician’s Symphony Orchestra, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Orchestra London, Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, World Orchestra, and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.  Keenly interested in contemporary music, Sarah has performed at McGill University’s MusiMars and the University of Toronto’s New Music Festivals. She has premiered new works by many Canadian composers, including a commission of Kevin Lau’s Starsail in March 2008. In January 2011, she premiered Chan Ka Nin’s Belonging with the Ton Beau Quartet and accordionist Ina Henning.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours in Performance from the University of Toronto (2007) and a Master of Music in Performance from McGill University (2009). Sarah earned Royal Conservatory of Music Diplomas in Cello and Piano Performance in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Her principal teachers have been Brian Manker, Tom Mirhady, Tanya Prochazka, and Shauna Rolston. Sarah has received many awards and prizes including first places at the Canadian Music Competitions and the Alberta Provincial Music Festival, the Royal Conservatory of Music's Gold Medal for A.R.C.T. in Cello Performance and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Scholarship. Throughout her career, Sarah has worked with many great musicians including  Valery Gergiev, Rivka Golani, Lawrence Lesser, Edgar Meyer, Aldo Parisot, Kryszstof Penderecki, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Janos Starker, and Benjamin Zander as well as the Leipzig and St. Lawrence String Quartets.