Sarah Dukes is a Chabad Chassidic mother of six, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice, and an award-winning composer and songwriter. Sarah started playing piano when she was six years old and composed her first piece at the age of eight. Classically trained until she was 18, the North Carolina raised pianist increasingly turned to music and composition as a way of expressing herself. By the time Sarah finished high school, she had a collection of original pieces that made up her debut album, “Finding Forever”, performed by world-renowned pianist, Yaron Gershovsky.
Sarah’s compositions have been featured in popular documentaries by Jewish Educational Media and can be heard on dozens of international radio stations. Sarah’s music has also been featured on the in-flight entertainment systems of multiple airlines including Singapore Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, and EgyptAir, and can be heard on TV’s daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.
Sarah’s solo piano album, “Life Sometimes,” has garnered significant acclaim, winning the Global Music Awards, receiving a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Music in the New Age Solo Piano and Album categories and being selected for the first ballot for the 59th GRAMMY® Awards. Additionally, her poignant composition, “Dancing in the Dark,” was a finalist in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the World category of 2016.
Life took an unexpected turn when Sarah’s husband, Rabbi Yehuda Dukes tragically succumbed to COVID-19 in 2021. Sarah touched the souls and captured the hearts of tens of thousands worldwide through her authentic and heart-wrenching social media posts, in which she documented her husband’s courageous journey through COVID-19 in 2020 and his tragic and untimely passing at the age of 39. The Dukes’ heroic story has been covered by the press and was made into an award-winning short documentary by Leibman Productions titled, “Chazak – The Story of Yudi Dukes”.
Beyond her musical pursuits, Sarah Dukes continues to inspire others through her courageous journey, blending her roles as a psychotherapist and composer.
Sarah’s music is unmistakably straight from the heart and is available to stream and download on all platforms.
