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 from coastal California to Maine's eastern shores. Her work as soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician has been extensively recorded. She is on faculty in the Historical Performance Institute of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where her work centers around broadening the study of historical oboes, from playing the instruments to exploring the performance practices specific to the 18th century. A North Carolina native and graduate of UNC-Greensboro, Manhattan School of Music, and City University of New York, she lives in Northern Virginia and is an active participant in the musical life of Washington, DC, where she plays in the area’s numerous period-instrument orchestras. Her summers are spent performing and teaching at Charlotte Bach Festival, the Connecticut Early Music Festival, the Staunton Music Festival, and the Amherst Early Music Festival.