About

BIO:  

Sara Landeau is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, writer, composer, and sound artist. She has received an MFA in Sonic Arts from CUNY Brooklyn College, where she is an adjunct professor, and has worked across a broad spectrum of experimental music mediums. She is a founding member, co-songwriter, and lead guitarist of The Julie Ruin (Hardly Art/SubPop), achieved top 10 chart hits, has performed on Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and has songs featured in films and commercials. She has written for Adorama, Earthquaker Pedals, Fender, and She Shreds Magazine. She is  (2022) the touring guitarist with Bikini Kill.  Follow her on Instagram @saralandeau

Education: 

MFA Sonic Arts, Brooklyn College NYC (Thesis: Prepared Guitar Technique)

PhD (ongoing) Ethnomusicology, UC Santa Barbara CA (Sound Arts/Feminism)

Recording: Pro Tools Certified

Profesional Memberships and Awards (selected)

2019 Women in Computer Music Scholarship for Supercollider Stanford University 

2019 Max Matthews Sound Art Award, Brooklyn College 

2019 Cycling 74 Max Expo Grant

2015 Girls Rock Camp Alliance, USA: Artists and Activists Award 

Other: 

CBGB's, NYC 1996-2006 Bartender

Writer (selected)

Adorama/42 West  https://www.adorama.com/alc/article_author/sara-landeau

She Shreds- Online and Print Edition Guitar Lesson Features

https://sheshreds.com/musician-tips-julie-ruin/