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Kathryn Steely
Associate Professor of Viola
Dr. Kathryn Schmidt Steely is Associate Professor of Viola at Baylor University and Principal Violist of the Waco Symphony. She has appeared as a soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony, the Baylor University Wind Ensemble, the Baylor Symphony, and performed with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Florida 's Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Fort Worth-Dallas Ballet, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, the Wichita Symphony, and as Principal Violist with the Rockford Symphony. Dr. Steely recently completed five years as Editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society and serves in her second term as a member of the national executive board of the American Viola Society. She continues to serve as AVS webmaster: www.americanviolasociety.org/ Dr. Steely is a founding member of the faculty of the CREDO Chamber Music Program, Oberlin, Ohio, and has held faculty positions with Bethel College, Indiana University at South Bend 's Arts Academy, and Northwestern University 's National High School Music Institute. She received the nomination of her School of Music colleagues and students for the Baylor University Outstanding Tenured Teaching Award in 2005. A frequent recitalist and avid chamber musician, Dr. Steely performed Libby Larsen's Viola Sonata at the 2004 XXXII International Viola Congress held in Minneapolis, MN. She also performed Darin Hagen's Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp at the 2001 National Flute Convention and has performed regularly at the College Music Society Southwest conventions in both solo and chamber music roles, as well as on the Mostly Music series of the University of Chicago and the Armonico Chamber series of the Austin Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Steely is in frequent demand as an adjudicator, serving on the 2003 Primrose International Viola Scholarship Competition jury, the 1999 Chicago Viola Society Solo competition, Elgin Symphony Young Artists, Austin Young Artists, and Mid Texas Symphony Young Artists competitions. She served as guest panelist and master class presenter for the Studio Teachers Forum at the 2004 American String Teacher's Association National Convention. Dr. Steely earned the Master of Music in Viola Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Doctor of Music Degree in Viola Performance from Northwestern University. Principal teachers include Peter Slowik, Heidi Castleman, Lynn Ramsey, and Donald McInnes.
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