Sara Light
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Education

1990 M.Ed. Language Education, Rutgers University
1985 BA Communications, Rutgers University

Achievements and Honors
• Magna Cum Laude
• Phi Sigma Iota Honor Society
• Junior Year Abroad, Universite Francois Rabelais, Tours, France
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Teaching

1998-present Songwriting Faculty, NashCamp 
1998-present Mentor, Just Plain Folks Songwriting Organization 
1996-2002 Visiting Lecturer, Belmont University 
1996-2000 Adjunct Instructor, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University 
1988-1990 Instructor, Rutgers University 

Articles, Columns, Other 
• Columnist NSAI Newswire 
• Columnist American Songwriter Magazine
• Columnist JPFolks Newsletter
• Columnist MusesMuse Newsletter
• Lessons Developer NSAI Workshops 
• Keynote Speaker NSAI Symposium 
• Judge TNN Songwriting Contest
• Judge JPFolks Songwriting Awards

Achievements and Honors
• National Sallie Mae Outstanding Teacher Award
  
 
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Songwriting

1998-2003 Staff songwriter Curb Magnatone Music Publishing
1995-1998 Staff songwriter Zamalama Music Publishing

• "Dancing The Slow Ones With You" Urban Cowboy: The Musical (Broadway)
• "Broken" Urban Cowboy: The Musical (Broadway)
• "Take You For A Ride" Urban Cowboy: The Musical (Broadway)
• "Home To You" John Michael Montgomery
• "What My Heart's Telling Me" Jana Stanfield
• "The Rub" Lindy Gravelle
• "You Shook My Heart" Steven McClintock

Achievements and Honors
• 2003 Tony Award Nominee, Best Original Score, Urban Cowboy, 
  The Musical
• ASCAP Airplay Award for 2 million spins on radio for "Home To You"
• CMT #1 video for "Home To You"
• 2000 SESAC Song Of The Year "Home To You"
• 2000 Songwriter of the Year, Tennessee Songwriters Association



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