Sarah Worden started playing the violin at the age of 7, where she studied first with Gherman Markosian and later with Moscow-based violinist Boris Markosian via Skype. She holds degrees in music performance and physics from UCLA, where she studied with Movses Pogossian and Varty Manouelian. During her time at UCLA, she performed as a soloist in the 2018 UCLA All-star Concert, participated in the concertmaster rotation for the UCLA Philharmonia, performed in multiple summer chamber music festivals, and played in the UCLA Camarades chamber music program, performing in series such as LACMA’s “Sunday’s Live” and the Dilijan Chamber Music series. Post college, she has played in multiple orchestras and chamber music groups. When not playing music, she is a graduate student researcher at UCLA, investigating tropical rainforest carbon and water cycles.