04/06/2026
Our deepest condolences go out to the family of our longtime concert master, Dr. Kenneth Sarch.
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It saddens me to announce the passing of Dr. Ken Sarch. Below is from his son, Oren.
When my dad was battling cancer two years ago, the most important thing on his mind was his students. How soon he could get back to teaching them and how they would be prepared for the end-of-year recital. 
He performed and taught all over the world, and though I suspect he never achieved the fame he probably once wanted, he took his teaching very seriously. It didn’t matter if his student was actually serious about the violin or if they were doing it to look good on a college application, he always took each one seriously and encouraged them to put in the effort to be their very best. Lessons that I’m sure carried them through life.
What I think stood out to me most over the course of his life was his optimism. This was a man who, when his new cancer treatment miraculously started working, went back on dating sites at 83 years of age and ended up meeting someone in Arizona that he spoke to multiple times a day.
He went through a lot of ups and downs in his life, as we all have, but he always looked toward the future with hope and determination. If I take anything from him (and I know I take a lot), I hope it’s that.
He had 7 children from three different marriages and somehow all 7 of us are close and in touch. If that’s not incredible, I don’t know what is.
In recent years he expressed some regret over not being able to be more involved in his 10 grandchildren’s lives - he felt having younger children kept him busy - and he was doing his best to rectify that, traveling wherever they were spread out around the world.
He passed yesterday in his home just shy of celebrating Passover with us last night. He will be missed by his large family and the many students whose lives he touched.
son Oren
