Musician, Arts Administrator

Violinist Kathy Judd has led a multi-faceted musical life as a chamber music performer, orchestral and commercial musician, teacher, and arts administrator. She received a B.M degree from New England Conservatory of Music and a Master of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, having begun her college studies at Wichita State University. She was a member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles in the U.S., Europe and Taiwan.  As Concertmaster and soloist, she performed with the Boulder (CO) Bach Festival, The Las Vegas Symphony, and the Nevada Chamber Orchestra. She was a member of the Mariposa Piano Trio in Nevada, the Idyllwild Trio in California, and a lead musician and string contractor in orchestras accompanying Las Vegas showroom headliners. She was a faculty member at the Idyllwild (CA) School of Music and the Arts, The University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and Elizabethtown (PA) College. She has been a judge for local and regional music competitions, a State and National music grant panelists, and award committee member for a private arts foundation. Judd was the Artistic and Executive Director of Music at Gretna, a year-round chamber music and jazz festival in Pennsylvania. She is currently Artistic and Executive Director of the Washington (DC) Conservatory of Music, a nationally accredited community music school where she has created a professional concert series.