Sarah LahaskyFaculty

Assistant Professor in Music, LALACS, and African Studies

Sarah Lahasky is an Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her teaching and research interests include Latin American music, Women and Gender Studies, Heritage and Tourism, Economic Ethnomusicology, and Labor Studies.

Recent publications include: "’Por Más Músicas Mujeres en Vivo!’: The Female Quota Law and Its Implications for Argentine Music Festivals" (Researching LIve Music: Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals, Routledge 2021) and "Municipal Sponsorship and Musical Work in Argentina: Ensemble Institutionalization in a Neoliberal Economy" (Sociologia del lavoro 2020).

Sarah has presented her research at international conferences including the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Latin American Studies Association, and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music- Latin America. As a classically-trained double bassist, Sarah performs Argentine tango music with the Kingfield Ensemble and the Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet in the Twin Cities. 

Education

Ph.D., MM, Ethnomusicology, The University of Texas at Austin; BM Double Bass Performance, Shenandoah University-Conservatory


Courses Taught

MUS-101 (Emerging Musician), MUS-101 (Emerging Musician Lab), and MUS-205 (America's Music)

Past
Synonym Title Times Taught Terms Taught
MUS-102 Music of World Cultures 4 2024/SP, 2023/FA, 2023/SP, and 2022/FA
MUS-397 Honors Project in History Literature 3 2024/SP, 2023/FA, and 2023/SP
MUS-375 Western Music II 2 2024/SP and 2023/SP
MUS-374 Western Music I 2 2023/FA and 2022/FA
LAS-244 ST:Musics of Latin America 1 2024/JN
MUS-244 ST:Musics of Latin America 1 2024/JN
FTS-100 FTS:The Power of Music 1 2023/FA
CUR-225 Musical Understanding 1 2023/SP