Sarah Elizabeth MeeRan Cave

Sarah Elizabeth MeeRan Cave
Sarah Elizabeth MeeRan Cave, age 39, died on September 12th, 2025, in Mumbai, India, surrounded by friends, due to complications from Dengue fever. Born on February 19th, 1986, in Korea and adopted by her parents, Marcha and Peter Cave, Sarah was raised in Naugatuck, Connecticut. She began studying violin with Susan Brown at age 3. From a very young age, Sarah felt an affinity for the arts, and for the myriad ways music and the visual arts could express her inner self and touch other peoples' lives.
It was in her youth that Sarah's ability to create profound relationships was first evident. Through her community at Hillside Covenant Church, Sarah developed lifelong friendships through the Church's youth group and summer camp, Camp Squanto, and created lasting memories through her earliest violin performances.
Sarah attended Western Elementary and Hillside Middle School. Throughout her childhood, many teachers helped cultivate Sarah's love for music and the arts. While studying at Westover School, Sarah formed a community of lifelong sisters. She traveled weekly into New York to continue her violin studies at the Manhattan School of Music. She also studied visual art, served as First Head of the Glee Club, and was a passionate leader of the school's spirit team (Overs Forever!).
At North Park University in Chicago, Sarah majored in music and played with famed violinist, Midori. She became the youngest member in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and taught music at local schools. There she met mentor, Tom Zelle, who guided her to study under Rony Rogoff. Both teachers would become lifelong friends.
Sarah's violin took her around the world: Chicago, New York, Utah, the Gulf of Mexico, Canada, and more. A transformative trip to Seoul in 2011 sparked a deeper exploration of identity, inspiring her creative endeavors from her sculpture "Uhm-ma" to her original musical show, "Home En Route." However, India became her heart's home. After first teaching in Bangalore in 2010, Sarah returned in 2015 to study under master sarangi player, Pandit Dhruba Ghosh. For the last nine years, Sarah lived primarily in India, teaching and collaborating with a community of artists. In more recent years, she began to practice Sound Healing through her own method, Sound Bar and was exploring craniosacral therapy to add to her healing sessions.
Sarah had a tremendous capacity to create chosen families wherever she went. Her laugh was contagious, her humor bold, her honesty radical, her spirit generous, her voice bright. She spent her final weeks composing "Song of Belonging," a solo show about grief, healing and evolving relationships with her mothers. A teacher, a healer, and artist to the end, Sarah will be profoundly missed by all who knew her.
Sarah is survived by her uncles, Charles (Pam) Winburn, and Charles (Penny) Cave, as well as her aunts, Cheryl (Frank) Belletti, and Doreen (Greg) Moler, and many cousins. She was predeceased by her parents, grandparents, and her aunt, Dawn. While we mourn her death, Sarah's spirit lives on in the innumerable friends, teachers, and students who loved her across the world.
Multiple services to honor Sarah's life are planned across the US for the coming months. Service details will be provided at https://www.sarahmeerancave.com/ . More details about her amazing life can be found at her website.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Sarah's name may be made to: Westover School under Financial Aid or Arts & Athletics, 1237 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, CT 06762 or online at https://www.westoverschool.org/giving , or to Disabled Hikers online at https://www.disabledhikers.com .