Bassoonist Sarah Tako from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, completed her undergraduate studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 2017. She was the first prize winner of the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Bassoon Competition in 2016. Tako has substituted in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as with the Minnesota Orchestra. She has performed with The Jupiter Symphony in New York City, as well as with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and also with the Pennsylvania Ballet.

Sarah has soloed with the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, and the Edmonton Symphony in Alberta, Canada as a part of their "Masterful Mozart" concert series. She has performed in master classes with esteemed bassoonists including Frank Morelli, Per Hanevold, Nancy Goeres, William Winstead, Richard Svoboda, and her former teacher, John Miller. Tako has also performed live on American Public Media's "Performance Today", where she performed a newly commissioned woodwind quintet. While living in Philadelphia, Sarah performed regularly as principal bassoon of Symphony in C in New Jersey.

After graduating, Sarah has played with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Lakes Area Music festival. She has since settled in Europe, first in Hungary, where she held a position as acting second bassoon of the Hungarian National Philharmonic, and second bassoon of the Danubia Orchestra. While living in Hungary, she also regularly recorded film and video game music.

Currently, Sarah lives and works in Finland, playing associate principal and second bassoon with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.

Outside of music, Sarah enjoys being outdoors, stand-up comedy, and dancing Forró with her husband.