Sarah Harmsworth was born in Utah. Her father, Donald, was a cellist with the Utah Symphony. Shortly after her birth the family moved to northwest Montana and Sarah spent the next four years growing up in a cabin at the southern end of the Cabinet Mountains. After another move, this time to New Mexico, Sarah was allowed to start violin lessons when she turned five. Within a year she had become the youngest member of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony. When she was seven the family moved to Texas and Sarah soon joined the University of Texas String Project. The Harmsworths moved to Montana’s Bitterroot Valley when she was eleven. In addition to the violin, Sarah has also played cello and viola with the Bitterroot Valley Youth Orchestra. In 2007 she won the Montana State Spelling Bee, winning a trip to Washington, D.C., where she advanced to the fifth round of the National Spelling Bee. She currently studies violin with Margaret Baldridge, Professor of Violin at the University of Montana. During the past year she has joined with her father in playing with several symphonies around the state, including Missoula, Butte, and Helena. She also played in the All-Northwest and Montana All-State Orchestras. As a winner of the 2009 MASO competition she has already appeared as soloist with the Great Falls Symphony and the Glacier Symphony. In addition to violin, Sarah enjoys skiing and playing tennis.