Sarah Hennies, Richard Valitutto: SOVT

by John Eyles
April 17, 2025

Composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1979. She started playing drums when she was nine years old; in her teens she played drums with local college punk rock bands. She attended the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign before receiving a Master's degree from University of California, San Diego. After graduating from UC San Diego in 2003, she moved to Austin, Texas, and began collaborating with guitarist Aaron Rusell in the group Weird Weeds. ...