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Dr. Kate Boyd, pianist
An avid chamber musician, Dr. Boyd's collaborations have led her to work with musicians across the US as well as in Europe, where she was active as a concert artist and teacher for seven years. In addition to performing standard works of the piano literature, she has a long-standing interest in commissioning new works and performing works by living composers. In Dublin, Ireland, she was a featured performer on the Bank of Ireland's Mostly Modern Series, performing works by contemporary women composers. With soprano Alisa Pearson she commissioned eight original songs which were premiered in 2001. She is a founding member of the New York-based Oracle Trio, a piano trio that has performed many contemporary works, including a 2006 work by composer Douglas McConnell that was commissioned by the Ohio Music Teachers Association. This season she is recording a CD consisting entirely of previously-unrecorded works for solo piano composed since 1993. In addition to frequent concerts on the Butler campus, recent performances have included a live radio appearance on WGTE (Toledo, Ohio), recitals on the Musical Arts Series at Firelands (Port Clinton, Ohio) and in New York's Steinway Hall, and chamber music appearances at the Painted Sky Music Festival (Flagstaff, Arizona) and on the Hoff-Barthelson Artist Series (Scarsdale, New York). Dr. Boyd holds degrees from Stony Brook University and the Oberlin Conservatory. She also holds a performance diploma from the Hannover (Germany) Academy of Music. Her many awards and prizes include a Fulbright scholarship to Cologne, Germany. Her major teacher and pedagogical influence was renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish. Other formative teachers include Arie Vardi, Arbo Valdma, and Sedmara Rutstein. Dr. Boyd was a fellow at the Tanglewood and Blossom Music Centers as well as the Banff Centre for the Arts. She spends her summers teaching chamber music and piano at the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont. Dr. Boyd currently serves as director of piano studies and assistant professor of piano at Butler University. The Music at Butler Jukebox includes performances by Dr. Boyd and other Butler faculty and ensembles. Please visit the Piano at Butler web site to learn more about piano and keyboard studies at Butler University. Email: kboyd@butler.edu |
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Dr. Kate Boyd has performed as a soloist on many concert series and as a guest artist with established chamber music ensembles throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Among many other performances, she has appeared on the Trinity Chapel Series in New York, the SOLO series in Sligo, Ireland, and performed Schubert in Schubert’s birth house in Vienna, Austria.