A Life in Music — welcome!

Music is fun and beautiful—and also important.

 
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Music’s meanings are felicitously open-ended, and its infinite combinations of rhythm, melody, and harmony have a unique power to heal the soul.

Growing up in a family of artists, I fell in love with classical music, but have always identified with the individuality and protagonism of writers, visual artists, and the “golden age” singer-songwriters of my youth.  With this art-steeped background and a liberal arts education as a foundation, my various passions—the flute, composition, art, languages, writing, psychology, Zen philosophy and aesthetics—are woven together into… a life in music.

Career highlights include premiering over a hundred new works, holding a Principal Flute position for 25 years, performing under Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood, studying independently in Europe as a Watson Fellow, teaching two generations of talented flutists, and concertizing in the US, Europe, and India.

I live in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, with my daughter and our quirky, piccolo-loving Weimaraner.

Thanks so much for visiting! — Katharine