Sarah Miller

Sarah is a student in Musicology at UC Davis, originally from Indiana with a background in opera. Sarah first got in touch with our team in the interest of observing for an ethnomusicology assignment. Sarah’s interest in taiko persisted past the course, and Sarah and I maintained an academic correspondence. Through this discourse, I became interested in Ethnomusicology. Sarah tried out for Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan in 2020, undeterred by the pandemic, and spend the first year learning taiko online. Sarah is a deeply caring individual and adept organizer, serving now as the official Administrative Officer (and unofficial safety officer) for the team. I have appreciated our conversations about music and admire Sarah’s genuine sensitivity concerning social justice, inclusivity, the Asian American experience, embodied memory, and representation.