Sadie was born in 1965 in Adelaide, Australia.

Now based in Dorset, she works as a freelance composer across the UK and abroad. Her music has been performed internationally by some of the world’s top musicians with numerous radio and television broadcasts. Several CDs of her music (NMC, METIER, Sargasso, Toccata Classics, BML, Cadenza, Clarinet Classics, Prima Facie) have been released to critical acclaim. Her works are published by UYMP, ABRSM and Recital Music.

Sadie has recently been Composer-in-Residence with the American ensemble Cuatro Puntos, Composer-in-Association with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and the first Composer-in-Residence with the Keunstler Bei Wu Sculpture Park, Wesenberg, Germany, posts supported by Arts Council England International Development Grants, a Finzi Scholarship and a PRSF Composers’ Fund award. Sadie is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Sound World and a tutor and mentor with New Music in the South West and the South West Music School.

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Sadie Harrison is supported by PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund, a new opportunity for classical composers with a strong track record, supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation