Ms Dawe is a native of Newfoundland, Canada, and a graduate of Eastman School of Music (M.M. & D.M.A.). She enjoys a career that combines solo and collaborative performance with teaching and cross-disciplinary projects. Ms. Dawe has performed as a soloist and as a chamber musician in Canada, England and the United States and has taught on the faculties of the Chautauqua Institute, Oberlin Conservatory, and Lenoir-Rhyne College before making Augsburg her teaching home.