Dr. Ann Lemke has a multi-faceted career as a performer (oboe, oboe d’amore, and English horn), teacher, and scholar of women composers. Her album Oboe Salon, with pianist Amanda Sabelhaus, features beautiful, little-known chamber music by women composers of the 19th Century. Ann is Principal Oboist with the Rochester (MI) Symphony Orchestra and with the International Symphony Orchestra, where she gave the US and Canadian premiere performances of the Grandval Concerto (Lencses edition). A native of Metro Detroit, Ann Lemke maintains a thriving private studio, is Oboe Instructor at Cranbrook Schools, and taught Women in Music at Oakland University. A Fulbright scholar to Germany and a Yale University Beinecke Fellow, she has numerous publications on women composers. She studied with Elaine Douvas at the Manhattan School of Music before completing a doctoral degree at Indiana University. Please see lemkestudio.com