Janet Haas is known in Massachusetts as a teacher, a conductor and a performer on early instruments. She has taught in the Lexington Public Schools for 15 years, starting beginners, leading middle school ensembles, and directing the high school orchestras. Under her baton, the Lexington High School Orchestras have performed at the 1991 and 2001 Massachusetts Music Educators Conference. They have also been selected to perform at Music Educators Eastern Division Conferences in 1989 and 1993.

Over the years, Mrs. Haas has come to see the string program in the town of Lexington as a model of excellence for the state. In her teaching, she constantly works to maintain high performances standards while respecting the demands and pressures that are placed on her multi-talented students.

In March 2005, she was selected as the ‘Director of the Year’ by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American String Teachers Association. The award acknowledges her outstanding work both as a string educator and conductor.