KATHRYN WOODARD

Acclaimed American pianist Kathryn Woodard curates and performs programs that explore cross-cultural exchange in music. She has served as an American Cultural Specialist for the U.S. Department of State, leading educational initiatives to introduce audiences abroad to new American music. As an advocate for new music, Woodard has worked with such noted composers as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Yehudi Wyner, Ge Gan-ru, Huang Ruo, and Paula Matthusen. She began researching the Turkish composer Adnan Saygun in 1997 and has since introduced numerous audiences to composers from Turkey and across Asia. She founded the initiative Sonic Crossroads with the aim of shedding light on global piano music, and her performances have been featured on the broadcasts Performance Today and The Front Row. A native of Dallas, Texas, Kathryn Woodard holds the DMA and MM degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and earned an undergraduate diploma in music pedagogy from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany.

WORKS

• VICTORY MARCH by Leyla Saz arranged by Kathryn Woodard recorded by South Dakota State University Wind Symphony and Dr. Jacob Wallace

WEBSITE
https://kathrynwoodard.com