Dr. Sabrina Hu enjoys a versatile career as a performer, educator, and director. She has performed in many prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City, the National Concert Hall in Ireland, and recitals throughout major halls in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Sabrina’s performances have been broadcast live on BBC, RTE and RTHK television and radio, and they have been described as “warm, sensitively balanced and flexible” with “emotional engagement…expressive depth” by the Irish Times. She has collaborated with artists such as soprano Measha Brueggergosman, harpist Sylvain Blassel, percussionist Andy Akiho, pianist Cathal Breslin, and as a concerto soloist with conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky and the Ulster Orchestra. As a founding member of Trio Festivale, she has toured internationally and commissioned many new works for flute, cello and piano.   

Sabrina currently teaches flute at Phoenix College in Arizona. Previous teaching positions have included Rhodes College in Memphis TN, Lycoming College in PA, and the National University of Ireland. Sabrina has performed in several orchestras, including the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Wexford Opera Orchestra, the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Iris Orchestra, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to performing and teaching, Sabrina is also founding Co-Artistic Director of an exciting chamber music festival in Europe, The Walled City Music Festival in Derry, Northern Ireland. Since its inception in 2008, the festival has become one of the most successful arts organizations and festivals in the U.K/Europe, with past Artists such as the Kronos Quartet, Sir James Galway, Bang on a Can, Anne Akiko Meyers, and the Labeque Sisters. Sabrina has also worked as the Director of Operations and Educational Programming for the PRIZM Ensemble in Memphis, TN.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Sabrina’s early studies were at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. She then attended the Mannes College of Music in New York City, where she completed a Bachelor of Music, studying with Keith Underwood. Further studies were at the Royal Northern College of Music with Peter Lloyd in Manchester, England where she completed a Master of Music. Sabrina completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University as a student of Richard Sherman.