Dr. Sarah L. Gillespie

Dr. Sarah L. Gillespie received both her Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters in Horn Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Bachelor of Music Performance and Music Education degrees from Louisiana State University. She hosts a private studio of 15 students and believes that music education is for everyone and for life. Sarah is third horn of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and freelances with various symphonic and pit orchestras in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. Chamber music is her favorite genre of music to perform, especially with two quintets she co-founded, the Third Lake Brass Quintet and the Odyssey Wind Quintet. Sarah is an advocate for women composers and has premiered works at the International Women in Brass Conference and the National Women’s Music Festival. In addition to playing horn, Sarah has a doctoral minor in Vocal Performance and sings as a cantor at numerous parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Madison. When not performing or teaching, Sarah, a native of Louisiana, might be found cooking Creole or Southern cuisine.