Professional Oboist for 15+ years offering lessons in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.

Sarah's CV

Education

Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Departments of Music and
Women’s and Gender Studies
Joint M.A. in Music and Women’s and Gender Studies (May, 2008)
Thesis: “How to appreciate that which no longer exists:
A case study in the life and lost works of Margaret Ruthven Lang”


Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
B.Music summa cum laude with honors in Music and Women’s Studies (May, 2005)
Honors Thesis: “Once Forbidden, Now Celebrated: A Study in the Rise of
Women Oboists”

Honors and Awards

Izak Kazes Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies (Brandeis), given annually to a student of
outstanding achievement, integrity, and passion for learning, (2008)

Rapaporte Fellowship in Women’s and Gender Studies (Brandeis), (2006)

T. Edgar Shields Memorial Prize in Music (Moravian), given to an outstanding member of the
graduating class who majored in music, (2005)

Arthur Hugo Music Scholarship (Moravian), (2001-2005)

Trustee Scholarship (Moravian), (2001-2005)


Relevant Work Experience

Artist Lecturer, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA (August 2011-Present)
Primary oboe instructor for community students teaching beginning to advanced students; in
addition, I am called upon to teach college courses. To date this has included the music theory
courses of Form, Musicianship, and Diatonic Harmony, music history courses of Classical &
Romantic, and Women in Music, as well as coaching the Baroque Ensemble.

Director of Research for Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy (May 2007-Present)
Invited by Liane Curtis to participate in the formation of the Women’s Philharmonic
Advocacy, an effort to revive the mission and purpose of the now disbanded Women’s
Philharmonic based out of San Francisco, California. Research thus far has included the collection
of data regarding the performance of works by women composers in American orchestras, and
contributing articles on the Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy blog ((concealed information)
pertaining to current news and events surrounding women’s work in western art music.

Presentations

“Unheard: The Life and Lost Works of Margaret Ruthven Lang:
presented at Society for American Music Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, (March 2016)

“Finding Feminism Among the Fans and Feathers: Considering Neo-Burlesque from a
Feminist Standpoint” presented at the MAPACA Conference, Alexandria Virginia,
(October 2010)

“Honoring Lost Works: A Case Study in the Life and Works of Margaret R. Lang”
presented in a poster session at the Society for American Music Conference, Carleton
University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada (March 2010)

“Being Heard: Performances of compositions by women composers in today’s orchestras”
presented at the Feminist Theory and Music (10) Conference, University of North Carolina,
Greensboro (May 2009)

“Hildegard von Bingen: Then and Now” presented at the Adult Forum for Trinity Episcopal
Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (November 2008)

Participant in the Roundtable Discussion as part of “Women’s History
Symposium: Women’s Work and Women’s Place, 1800 to 1950,” presented by the Women’s
Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts (March, 2008) (Only
graduate student invited to participate)

“Out of the Closet, but Stuck in the House: An Analysis of the Lesbian
Relationship Depicted on Queer As Folk” presented at the New England American Studies
Association (NEASA) Conference, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (November
2007)

Publications

Baer, Sarah. “Remembering Margaret Lang’s Lost Works." The Journal for
the International Alliance for Women in Music. (September, 2019)