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SARAH QUADE is a professional musician and music educator with over 25 years of experience performing and teaching in the Washington, D.C. area.  She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees of music (oboe) from the University of Michigan and has additional certificates in early childhood development.  She is a licensed music instructor through Music Rhapsody, Simply Music, Inner Musician, and Music Together.  Recently relocated to York, Sarah maintains a private studio of oboe and piano students, and specializes in Orff-based early childhood music and movement education.

 

As an oboist residing in Northern Virginia, Sarah performed regularly with ensembles such as the Maryland Symphony, the Annapolis Symphony, the National Gallery Orchestra, the Virginia Chamber Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort, among countless others.  She participated in several recording projects, including a collection of Florian Gassman’s opera overtures with the acclaimed Eclipse Chamber Orchestra which is featured regularly on WETA-FM.  Reviews in the Washington Post have praised her for “playing sublimely”.  

 

In addition to teaching her private students, Sarah taught ‘caregiver-and-me’ music classes and worked in preschools for many years before receiving Orff Schulwerk training from Lynn Kleiner.  Featuring Lynn’s Music Rhapsody program, an Orff-based curriculum that acknowledges the creative input of every child, Sarah’s early childhood classes include musical games and activities designed to stimulate creativity and encourage children to learn the elements of music naturally, through play.   

Sarah has two adult daughters with her husband and enjoys sailing, skiing, yoga, and hiking with her dog.

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