In demand throughout North America as a performer and teacher on historical oboes, Margaret Owens has seen much of the country in her travels to play with groups spanning from San Francisco to Boston. She is on faculty in the historical performance institutes of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University; at both institutions, her work centers around broadening the study of historical oboes, from playing the instruments to exploring the performance practices specific to the 18th century. Margaret earned degrees in oboe performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Manhattan School of Music, and the City University of New York.

A native of Eastern North Carolina, Margaret lives in Northern Virginia and is an active participant in the musical life of the Washington, DC, where she plays in the area’s numerous period-instrument orchestras. Her summers are spent onstage at the Charlotte Bach Festival, the Staunton Music Festival, and teaching at the Amherst Early Music Festival.