Faculty

Katie Schlaikjer

cello

Cellist Katie Schlaikjer received top prizes from the Concert Artist Guild, the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and the Banff International Quartet Competition as a former member of the Avalon Quartet. Her present work as a New York City freelancer has presented her with diverse performance opportunities including a production of Harry Partch's monumental microtonal opera Oedipus and Villa Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras number five in Zankel Hall's first, dedication concert with Renee Fleming. Katie has performed at the Ravinia, Caramoor Aspen and Yellow Barn chamber music festivals and attended the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, England. This spring she will tour with the Core Ensemble (cello, piano, percussion and actor/singer) performing "Tres Vidas", a show that combines chamber music and theater to portray the lives of three Latin American women. Katie received her doctoral degree in December, 2007 from Stony Brook University where she studied with Timothy Eddy.
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