Heralded by Reno Arts News for her “tender” playing, Sarah Coyl enjoys a diverse musical career playing and teaching violin and viola. She is a member of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra and an instructor of violin at UNR. As an emerging chamber musician, she has performed on viola with world-renowned pianist Joyce Yang. Recent solo engagements include performances of the Bruch Violin Concerto with the Toccata-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra.

Deeply passionate about ballet music, Coyl has collaborated with Butler University's nationally regarded ballet company, serving as concertmaster and principal second violin for the company's orchestra. Her latest endeavor is an album project of her own arrangements of music from Tchaikovsky’s ballets, arranged for violin and guitar. The album, titled Pas de Deux, will be published to PARMA Recordings’ Navona label, set to release on March 24, 2023.

While pursuing her Master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, Coyl won the chance to play the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the UNR Symphony Orchestra. Throughout her studies she also played in the Nightingale String Quartet, the University’s quartet-in-residence. 

Coyl’s most formative artistic experiences have occurred outside of the Higher Education sphere. She has established relationships with inner city schools, such as Edison School of the Arts in downtown Indianapolis, to promote programs that provide subsidized private lessons and music camps for low-income families. She has programmed recitals at hospitals, retirement homes, and shelters, placing great value on the relationships fostered by such events. 

​As a teacher, Coyl strives to impart excellent fundamental technique to all of her students, setting them up to play to the best of their ability, no matter what kind of music they want to play. Her students hold principal positions in Reno's youth orchestras.