Miss Kate Shawn is a professional flutist and active socialite. She currently combines her love of performance with her strong desire to advocate for musicians. She has performed and received private lessons since the age of 9 with various state awards and scholarships in the state of Arizona and Indiana at the Summer Music Clinic at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Outside of her musical practices, Kate finds profound meaning in helping military personnel pursue their college careers as a Military Enrollment Advisor for Zovio, an ed-tech company based out of Chandler, Arizona. She is a huge advocate to nonprofit Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity as an alumnae and attends several concerts for both local and national musicians in genres ranging from classical to country music. She has discussed entertainment law and the field of music with owners of the Tucson Fox Theatre, Carlos Santana’s Tour Manager Skip Richert, and faculty at The University of Arizona. Her private teachers and mentors include renowned composer and performer Robert Dick, flutist Sir James Galway, Dr. Susan Milan, Piccoloist Christine Erlander Beard, National Flute Association Founder Phil Swanson, Mrs. Beverly Chesterby, and the esteemed Dr. Brian Luce.
A graduate from The University of Arizona, she studied Flute with Dr. Brian Luce and obtained a Bachelors Degree in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law with an emphasis in Public Policy and Performance. She has recently explored political activism in New Mexico and Colorado as a Campaign Director for various environmental campaigns with national non-profit organizations.
Growing up, Kate was the only musician in her hometown of Prescott, AZ to attend All-State Band for two consecutive years plus All-Region Band and Orchestra all four years. She acted as flute section leader followed by drum major her last two years of high school, as well as an active performer in the Central Arizona Concert Band. Miss Shawn also avidly performed in flute choirs throughout Tucson and Prescott, playing at retirement homes and the annual Prescott Acker Music Festival. At The University of Arizona, Miss Shawn performed flute in the Wildcat Choir, Flutefinity Flute Choir, and Symphonic Band. She was 1st chair in the Philharmonic Orchestra and Wind Symphony in 2013 and 2014. Shawn last performed as the piccoloist in the Fred Fox School of Music Wind Ensemble.
Currently, Kate resides in Denver, Colorado enrolling military students into online schooling while dancing country swing with Show Her Off and enjoying the mountains in her Tacoma. Among other things, these last couple years have been a time to explore her surroundings. In the upcoming future, she plans to utilize her knowledge of music and social media marketing to begin a new project that intertwines the art of music and the cities we live in.
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