Sarah Southard · Oboe

Sarah Hustad Southard joined the Hope College Music Department faculty as instructor of oboe in fall of 2007. Additionally, she has taught as temporary instructor of oboe at Central Michigan University and as adjunct professor at the University of Michigan-Flint and Northern Kentucky University. In addition to her collegiate teaching, Sarah keeps an active studio of area oboists and has enjoyed working with many youth programs like the Interlochen Center for the Arts All-State Orchestra, the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble, and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras.

Besides teaching, Sarah is an active performer, playing regularly with the Midland and Holland Symphony Orchestras. She has also had the pleasure of performing with other groups such as the Lansing Symphony; the New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami, Florida; the Cincinnati Symphony Opera Orchestra; and the Madison Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. As well as her orchestral playing, she has soloed nationally and internationally including locations in Italy, England, and Scotland.

Sarah is currently working on finishing her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University with oboist Jan Eberle. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying with Marc Fink and her Master’s Degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Mark Ostoich.