Sarah Bassingthwaighte is a Canadian-American composer — and an active flutist and educator — whose music is vividly expressive, deeply human, and rooted in the natural world. She is Director of Composition at Seattle Pacific University.

Her 2025 debut album, Orchestrating the Wild, gathers four orchestral works recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra (Aria Classics) — music critics have called “vivid tone paintings” of the natural world.

She has been composer-in-residence at the Visby International Centre for Composers in Sweden and the Uncool Residency in Switzerland, has won prizes including the Saint-Saëns and Satie international competitions, and is the author of the book Flute Meets Machine.

Her music has been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Port Angeles Symphony, Philharmonia Northwest, and ensembles across the United States and Europe.

Sarah is currently on faculty at Cornish College of the Arts and Seattle Pacific University, and is Composer-in-Residence and Principal Flute of the Unbound Symphony.