Sadie Rhodes Han began her violin studies with Margaret Gutierrez at the age of 4. She currently studies with Claude Sim, Associate Concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Sadie’s first public performance with an orchestra was at the age of 10. In 2022 and 2023, she attended the Lamont Summer Academy where she was chosen to perform on the honors solo and chamber recitals in both years as she studied with Igor Pikayzen and Linda Wang. In 2024 she attended the Ascent Chamber Music Festival studying with Desiree Ruhstrat and Rictor Noran.
Sadie has attended Denver School of the Arts since the 6th grade and serves as concertmaster including while on a performance tour of Italy in the spring of 2024, where the orchestra performed in Rome, Florence and Venice. She placed 3rd in the Lakewood (CO) Symphony Concerto Competition in 2023 and 2024 and won 1st prize in the Broomfield (CO) Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition High School division and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra Concerto Competition, both in 2024. She performed the Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor with both orchestras last spring. In early 2025, Sadie was featured on violin in 2 separate productions of the musical Hadestown, one entirely student led and most recently won the Denver School of the Arts Concerto Competition performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor this past May, along with the Colorado State Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition performing the Saint-Saens Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.
When she is not playing violin, Sadie also enjoys playing the piano and guitar, traveling with her family, baking cakes, and watching old movies with her mom and 2 dogs.