Sarah “Cellobat” Chaffee is an in-demand acoustic & electric cellist and string arranger. You may have seen her onstage with legendary rock band Aerosmith as the cellist for their “Deuces Are Wild” residency, playing more than 50 sold-out shows with the Bad Boys from Boston; she is also the principal cellist for the Las Vegas Raiders House Band, playing at Allegiant Stadium for a crowd of 60,000 at all of the team's home games. She also plays and tours with many other world-renowned groups including the Femmes of Rock, David Perrico’s Pop Strings Orchestra, Premiere Wedding Music, and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has made a number of TV appearances including the Billboard Music Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards, and the iHeartRadio Music Festival, and if you're browsing Hulu, you just might catch her cameo on the CBS reality show “Love Island." Sarah also played with Michael Bublé for his sold-out Resorts World residency and appeared with him on the Kelly Clarkson Show, and she has performed with a number of other artists including Disturbed, Mötley Crüe, Celine Dion, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Halsey, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Brightman, Rachel Platten, Lady A, Kygo, and Sammy Hagar.
Sarah is also a Hal Leonard Exclusive Arranger with over 600 string arrangements available for purchase on Sheet Music Plus and Sheet Music Direct. Under her widely acclaimed label Cellobat Charts, she creates custom arrangements for award-winning wedding and event companies all over the world, including Premiere Wedding Music, Las Vegas Music Oasis, Sienna String Quartet, StringFX, and Impulse Strings. Sarah's mission is to provide other string players with excellent arrangements that are user-friendly, sightreadable, fun to play and fun to listen to -- crowd pleasing guaranteed. Sarah is proud to say that she's performed her own Cellobat Charts at a multitude of venues including the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Super Bowl LVIII Team Owners' Party, the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Netflix Licensing Expo, private events for Louis Vuitton Fine Jewelry, and the Vegas Golden Knights' Annual Gala -- and she promises that you will love them too!
"I think your arrangements are superior to the vast majority I've crossed paths with over the years. They're clearly written by a string player, and one who cares about each line in the counterpoint and the experience of each actual player...which, IMHO, is critical for the resultant performance. Smart texture, logical foreground vs. background, strategically and generously trading melodies...not merely exploding out the piano-vocal score like too many hacks tend to do. It's good stuff!" - Sean Bradley, Concert Talent
"The thing I really love about your arrangements is that they are so easy to put together in my groups. They are easily playable for most musicians with whom I work, yet the arrangements themselves sound far more interesting & intricate when we put all the parts together. We can easily cover a 2-hour wedding gig without needing hours & hours of rehearsal when we use your arrangements. It's SO awesome and convenient!" - Trish
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