Sarah Bowe is a multifaceted choral artist originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She currently maintains a freelance career as conductor, vocalist, administrator, and educator.

Bowe is a frequent guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician, known for her engaging programming and inspiring energy. Her work includes festival performances with the Anne Arundel County Choral Festival (MD), the Quabbin Valley Music Educators Association (MA), the 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). She has worked with choirs and educators in 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 is a versatile ensemble artist and enjoys a diverse range of repertoire. She performs with Festina (Boston, MA), VOCE (Hartford, CT), and is a founding member of Red Shift (Baton Rouge, LA). An experienced church musician, Bowe also performs frequently in liturgical contexts in and around the Boston area. She also sings with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Boston Symphony) and has performed with Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble (Amherst, MA) and the Iron City Singers (Birmingham, AL). She is a proud alumna of the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Bowe teaches private lessons in musicianship and conducting, serves on the administrative team for composer Melissa Dunphy’s Mormolyke Press, and serves as administrator of Seraphic Fire’s Professional Choral Institute.

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