Sarah Bowe is a freelance choral specialist working in performance, pedagogy, and administration.

As a nationally active guest conductor, clinician, and presenter, she is sought after for her engaging programming and cultivation of connected, joyful artistry. Her festival work includes appearances with the Anne Arundel County Choral Festival (MD), Quabbin Valley Music Educators Association (MA), Shoreline Music Festival (CT), the Connecticut Music Educators Association, and the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. She has also conducted with Hartford Opera Theater and Laurel Music Camp (New Hartford, CT), and has worked with choirs and educators throughout the Northeast and South, including Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.

Bowe's collegiate faculty positions have included Choral Music Education specialist at Queens College (NY), Director of the Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus, and Director of Choral Activities and Choral Music Education at Central Connecticut State University. She has also served as interim choral faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she conducted the University Chorale.

Collaborations include performances with members of Metropolis Ensemble (NY), the Morehouse College Glee Club, and the University of Virginia University Singers. She has also collaborated with Main Street Children’s Choir (New Britain, CT) and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Bowe’s broad research interests and pedagogical pursuits have led to presentations with the Texas Music Educators Association, the Southern Region of the American Choral Directors Association, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization. She has appeared as a guest lecturer at Cornell University and Syracuse University, and as a panelist with ONEcomposer.

As a vocalist, Bowe enjoys a wide range of repertoire and is actively engaged as a church musician locally and regionally. She has appeared with ensembles such as Convoco (PA), The Princeton Singers, Vox Lusciniae (NY), Viatores Mundi (CA), Vermont Chamber Artists, Voce (CT), Festina (MA), Red Shift (LA), Illumine Vocal Arts Ensemble (MA), the Iron City Singers (AL), and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, among others. She is a proud alumna and former administrator of Seraphic Fire’s Professional Choral Institute at the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Bowe teaches private lessons in musicianship and conducting and serves as administrator for composer Melissa Dunphy’s Mormolyke Press.

Bowe holds an M.M. and a B.M. summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and completed D.M.A. coursework (A.B.D.) in Choral Conducting at Louisiana State University.