Sara Nichols enjoys a diverse career as a teacher, soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. She performed as principal flute of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra for 22 seasons, and has also appeared as a soloist and an orchestral musician with numerous ensembles, including the National Gallery Orchestra, the Wolf Trap Orchestra, the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Res Musica, Pro Musica Rara, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. International appearances include the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival, Italy; the Miedzynarodowy Festival, Poland; the Mainly Mozart Music Festival, Mexico; and the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia.
She can be heard in the Wolf Trap Opera Company’s recording of Volpone by John Musto, which was nominated for a Grammy award. Nichols is a member of the faculties at the Baltimore School for the Arts and Towson University, where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching.
