ABOUT

Sally Schaefer is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with classical background in piano, violin, and voice and master's degrees in ethnomusicology and library science. She is best known for her work as a Buffalo-based violinist in genres as diverse as Americana, Celtic music, rock, hip hop, polka, and punk. She plays with an array of Buffalo-based bands and artists, including Tyler Bagwell, Creek Bend, Buffalo Bluegrass Allstars, McCarthyizm, Bill Ward, Celtic Spirit Pipe Band, and Over & Out, and has toured as a supporting musician with popular alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs (violin, mandolin, backup vocals, rhythm guitar). She also collaborates regularly with local indie artists Stress Dolls, Koko Neetz, Chuckie Campbell, and Christina Stock, and polka-folk band Captain Tom & the Hooligans. Sally has performed live at hundreds of events across New York State and the eastern United States over the last decade. She regularly records for both professional and personal projects based in Buffalo and further afield.

Visit the Listen page to hear samples of Sally's work, the Shows page to see a list of Sally's upcoming performances, and the Contact page to book Sally or any of her bands for events, set up a recording session, or ask a question.

Interested in booking music for a wedding ceremony or cocktail hour? Sally loves to perform violin arrangements of classical pieces, jazz standards, pop hits, film and game soundtracks, you name it! Visit the Wedding Music page for more information. Sally is also available to hire for private parties, corporate events, memorial services, and more.