MacPhail Presents: Women’s History Month Festival
A festival championing the musical contributions of women in music from MacPhail faculty and students lead by MacPhail Faculty member Dr. Sara Langmead. A concert curated by MacPhail Faculty member Dr. Sarah Miller showcasing 25 years of her original compositions will follow the festival in the evening at 7:30 p.m. in Antonello Hall.
A Minnesota native, Dr. Sara Langmead made her orchestral debut at age 16 with the 3M Symphony Orchestra. She won first prizes in the MN Schubert Club and UW-Madison Concerto competitions at the collegiate level, studied with György Sebők for two summers at the Banff Centre, and in 1997 won first prize at the international SAI Competition. Dr. Langmead earned her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where she studied piano for seven years with Yoheved Kaplinsky (current chair of the Juilliard Piano Department). Dr. Langmead taught piano at St. Mary’s College-MD, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and at Mercyhurst University-PA as Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Department Director. Returning to Minnesota in 2004, Dr. Langmead built and operated a successful piano studio in Circle Pines. Dr. Langmead has been a Teaching Artist in Piano at MacPhail since January 2022.