Dr. Kate Boyd, pianist
Dr. Boyd's Personal Jukebox
Pianist Kate
Boyd has performed as a soloist on many concert
series, as a concerto soloist, and as a
guest artist with established chamber music ensembles throughout
the United States and beyond.
Boyd's performances have been featured on CBC and
NPR radio. A passionate advocate for new music, she has performed
numerous world premieres, including James Woodward's
Concerto for Piano and Wind
Ensemble with the Butler University Wind Ensemble. In
Dublin, Ireland she was a featured soloist on the Bank of Ireland's
Mostly Modern Series, presenting a program of works by living women
composers. As a faculty member at Butler, she has performed solo
works by each of the composition faculty.
Kate Boyd is a founding member of the
New York-based Oracle Trio, a piano trio that performs works
from the eighteenth century to the present. The Oracle Trio was
featured as the 2009 conference artist for the Indiana Music
Teachers Association state conference, and has performed and given
masterclasses throughout the Midwest and in the New York
area. Boyd's other collaborations have led her to work
with musicians in Indianapolis, across the US, and in Europe, where
she was active as a concert artist and teacher for seven
years.
Kate Boyd is a 2009 recipient of the Arts Council of
Indianapolis' Creative Arts Renewal Fellowship, an award from the
Lilly Foundation for creative artists of all disciplines. Her other
awards and prizes include a Fulbright scholarship to Cologne,
Germany and fellowships at the Tanglewood Center, Blossom Music
Center, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and Prussia Cove.
Kate Boyd holds degrees from Stony Brook University
and the Oberlin Conservatory. She also holds a performance diploma
from the Hannover (Germany) Academy of Music. A sought-after
pedagogue, she has worked with students ages 7-70 in workshops and
masterclasses. She spent many summers on the piano faculty at the
Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont. Kate Boyd
currently serves as Associate Professor of Piano and Coordinator of
Piano Studies at Butler University in
Indianapolis.
(317) 940-9709
kboyd@butler.edu