Musician and educator Kate Outterbridge works to meaningfully challenge the status quo in the service of engaging and uniting people through the performing arts. A dynamic violinist, fierce advocate of contemporary music and promoter of responsible and thorough music education in the city of Los Angeles and beyond, Kate performs at the forefront of today's music scene. This season, Kate has appeared as violinist with the LA-based modern music collective Wild Up in the 12 hours performance art-piece “Bliss,” by Ragnar Kjartansson, at the Orpheum Theater with acclaimed indie-rock band The National, in the first ever Resonant Bodies residency at Banff Center, and in a premiere by Juliana Barwick at the LA Phil’s “Noon to Midnight” new music marathon. Kate is a founding member of "The Furies," a feminist duo that promotes the sharing of stories and experiences of those traditionally underrepresented in the classical music canon. Together they address issues surrounding female empowerment through immersive live performances and transformative educational programming.

Currently also a Teaching Artist with YOLA, Kate uses a blend of Suzuki pedagogy, Creative Ability Development, and mindfulness exercises when teaching children in group and individual settings. Raised as a Suzuki student herself and having received her Suzuki Book 1 certification from former teacher Ronda Cole, Kate hopes to be able to bring music education into communities that don't historically have access to musical training, while also breathing new life into traditional string pedagogy. Kate received her Masters of Music and Masters of Chamber Music at the University of Michigan where she studied with Aaron Berofsky in 2015, and her Bachelors of Music from Boston University in 2013, where she studied with Bayla Keyes. She has participated in residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, and this summer will be a fellow at the Resonant Bodies Festival at Banff in Alberta, Canada. While not playing her violin, Kate enjoys traveling to new places, eating dessert first, and finding the funny in everything.

For more information please visit www.kateplaysviolin.com