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Sarah began fiddling in 1999 and has come a long way since then.
Joining the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association brought her to into contact with inspirational Old Time players with powerful rhythmic drive and personal style, like Gil Kiesecker and Carthy Sisco. A few years later when her father, Emmett Comer, decided to pick up the guitar again, they met Jim Ketterman who would teach them about the wild and wonderful music of his home state of West Virginia.
In 2001 she began studying with Stuart Williams whose innovative and inspirational teaching brought Sarah's music to a whole new level of performance and understanding. Stuart continues to be a major influence in her playing today, along with Phil and Vivian Williams.
Since then she and Emmett have played in fiddle shows and folk festivals across the state, including performances at Northwest Folklife Festival and Benaroya Hall, and in 2005 and '06 they composed and recorded music for two short films entered in the Tacoma 72 Hour Film Fest.
Though still primarily Old Time players, Sarah and Emmett are also students of Irish music, and try to get out to a session now and then.
She currently teaches private lessons and group fiddle classes at Pierce College while finishing her debut album (set for release at early this fall) and playing in the new contradance band, Swing Shift with her father and pianist Karen Haas
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