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 Kate
Steinbeck has concentrated on the performance of chamber music
throughout her career. She has won critical acclaim for her engaging
and diverse performances, innate musicality and beauty of tone.
Born in New
York and raised Western North Carolina, Kate attended
the North Carolina School of the Arts for one year of high school.
She later moved to Cleveland to study with William Hebert at Baldwin-Wallace
College where she earned a degree in flute performance. After college
she was awarded a Fulbright Grant for study and travel in
Europe. While a Fulbright scholar, she earned a First Prize in chamber
music from the Belgian Royal Conservatory in Liège and thereafter
spent several years performing and teaching in Stuttgart, Germany.
Kate returned to the US to pursue a Master's degree at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied with Tim Day.
While a freelance flutist and teacher in the San Francisco area,
Kate distinguished herself as a dynamic player of contemporary works
and chamber music. She was featured in concert on many Bay Area
series including San Francisco Performances, Composer's Inc., Old
First Concerts, Noontime Concerts and Pacifica Radio KPFA's Morning
Concerts. She freelanced with the Berkeley Symphony, North Bay Opera
and the Berkeley Contemporary Opera and also toured the Pacific
Northwest, played chamber music on a cruise ship through the waterways
of Alaska and performed in Japan.
 Kate moved to Asheville, NC in 1997 where she now lives with her husband, flute maker Chris
Abell. After many adventures and journeys, she
had come full circle–back to the southern mountains. Since 1998
she has produced numerous chamber music concerts and enjoyed collaborations
with esteemed musicians and artists of the Southeast. Kate is the founder and artistic director of Keowee
Chamber Music. She is on the Artist Touring Rosters of North and South Carolina.
One of Kate's missions is to elevate the art of the flute and chamber
music. She speaks French and German and loves to travel and experience
other cultures. She is committed to forging ties and encouraging
understanding between citizens of the US and other lands.
Kate Steinbeck plays on a modern wooden flute manufactured
by the Abell
Flute Co.
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Kate,
Live in Concert
Syrinx
Claude Debussy
Amazing
Grace John Newton
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