Bio

Kate Soper is an Ann Arbor-born, New York-based composer, performer, and scholar.   Her works have been performed in the United States and abroad by groups including the BUTI wind orchestra, Dinosaur Annex, the Due East Ensemble, Newspeak, The Kenners, and Trio Eos. She has attended summer festivals at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Aspen Music Festival, June in Buffalo, the Norfolk Contemporary Music Workshop, the Wellesley Composers Conference, and the Ostrava Days festival in the Czech Republic, and has received awards and honors from The American Academy of Arts and Letters and ASCAP.   She received her Bachelor of Music in composition from Rice University in 2003 and is currently a doctoral candidate at Columbia University, where her principal teachers include Fred Lerdahl, Mario Davidovsky, and Fabien Levy. As a vocalist with experience in Western Classical, Indian Carnatic and pop/folk singing, Kate has performed in many of her own works as well as those of her colleagues. She is a co-director and performing member of the new music ensemble and composer's collective Wet Ink, a group committed to innovative programming across musical genres such as contemporary classical, experimental, rock, and improvisation.