About
When Sarah Overton was thirteen, her brother snuck her into an Apocalyptica concert — an all-cello Metallica cover band at the House of Blues. There were flashing lights, head-banging, and a sound she had never imagined a cello could make. She walked back into her orchestra class a few days later and thought: this is all wrong.
Celloverton is the stage name of Sarah Overton, a New York City-based cellist, electric cellist, recording artist, composer, string arranger, and music contractor. A 2025 New Music USA Creative Fund Award winner, Sarah's work spans performance, composition, arrangement, and production across every genre she can get her hands on.
She has performed with Alicia Keys, Lalah Hathaway, and Asake (Red Bull Symphonic), appeared in Moncler's international "Warmer Together" campaign alongside Tobe Nwigwe, and performs as a cello sub on Broadway's Hell's Kitchen. Her concert credits include the 63-city national tour of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert, the Hollywood Bowl premiere of Barbie: The Movie in Concert, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — as Wednesday Addams alongside Bishop Briggs, and with Calum Scott.
Her work extends beyond the stage into more experimental territory: her electric cello compositional debut at Cleveland's Re:Sound Festival alongside Theresa May, Music Supervisor for the immersive AI multimedia series Limitless AI: Superstrings, and inaugural instrumentalist for The Poughkeepsie Cistern — a sound installation by Sam Stubblefield and MASS Design Group.
Sarah is 1/2 of New Music USA Award-winning electric cello duo FEMPIRE with cellist Brittany Harris, and 1/3 of 14-string phenomenon Trio LeGrand. She is a frequent collaborator with Wondersmith Entertainment, the Broadway Sinfonietta, the NYChillharmonic, the Brooklyn Public Library, Choral Chameleon, PROTESTRA, and Sound Off! Music for Bail.
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Ensembles & Projects
A punk-rock electric cello duo with cellist Brittany Harris — challenging preconceived notions of blackness, femininity, and the classical instrument.
Violin, cello, and guitar — bespoke arrangements and original compositions for weddings, private events, and special occasions. Founded with Hannah LeGrand and Marc LeGrand.
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CAX serves artists and small-to-midsize nonprofit arts organizations with grant writing, individual donor management, and strategic consulting. In its first six months, CAX helped NYC organizations secure grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, raising tens of thousands of dollars for NYC artists.
Led feasibility studies and built campaign frameworks for major cultural institutions including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Clark Art Institute, the New York Youth Symphony, and the Perez Art Museum Miami.
Directed this Central Florida-based program dedicated to breaking down barriers between students and strings education — providing accessible, high-quality music instruction to underserved communities.
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Genre-resistant.
Available for performance, session recording, string arrangement, and music contracting.