The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has announced the appointment of Sara Male as chair of its board of directors. Male stepped into the role previously held by Mary Ellen Davis, who served the LSO as board chair from 2017 and in many capacities before that role.

Male has performed in the LSO for 10 years, most recently as acting principal cellist. She also chairs the LSO's education committee, providing insight and direction for its eight education initiatives.

Over the last season, the LSO provided a wide variety of free online concerts and expanded its educational offerings to include musician interviews and a Link Up concert in partnership with Carnegie Hall. The LSO also launched a new program, StandPartners, which pairs elementary school classrooms with professional musicians to share performances and excite young minds about music. Male noted that the LSO aims to grow its education programs in the future, and it will also meet four music director finalists as guest conductors next season.

Male received an Associate of the Arts in Music degree from Victoria Conservatory of Music in Canada, where she won the Principal Emeritus Prize. She earned a Bachelor of Music with high honors from Rutgers University and a Master of Music from the Mannes College of Music in New York City.

She is a chamber-music recitalist and soloist, as well as a founding member of the Newstead Trio and Duo Chiaroscuro. Male collaborates in chamber music programs with her husband, violist Peter Kenote, and performs not only with the LSO, but also with the Reading Symphony, Kennett Symphony, and Harrisburg Symphony.

Male teaches private lessons and also instructs cellists at Franklin & Marshall College and Elizabethtown College. She has directed chamber music programs and was involved in the Pennsylvania Academy of Music's accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music.

She raised her three children in Lancaster.

To learn more about the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, visit http://www.lancastersymphony.org.