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GAIA SAETERMOE-HOWARD

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Artist-Scholar

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Gaia Saetermoe-Howard, praised for her “poignant, pliant sound” (New York Classical Review), performs historical and modern oboes throughout North America. She was appointed as principal oboe of Tempesta di Mare, the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, in 2022. Her recent engagements include performances with Apollo’s Fire, the Handel and Haydn Society, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and others. As an artist-scholar, she traces global identities of the Baroque style through research on the history and musical archaeology of Latin America and West Africa. She is a currently a PhD student in Historical Musicology at Harvard University. A former student of Gonzalo Ruiz, Geoffrey Burgess, and Richard Killmer, she holds degrees from the Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Rochester. Gaia maintains a private teaching studio, and has taught for renowned programs like S’Cool Sounds, the Wildwood Institute of Music, and the Juilliard Music Advancement Program.

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