Kathrin Murray
A seasoned performer and teacher, guitarist Kathrin Murray is a passionately committed performer with the ability to transparently present music as having a "life of its own" with "beautiful tone" (The Washington Guitar Society). Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 9 years old she was invited to join a professional ukulele ensemble. Since beginning to play the guitar at age 15, she has become a dedicated performer and teacher based in Baltimore, MD. She is also half of the "Arabesque Duo", with guitarist Troy King.
Ms. Murray has performed in the United States and Europe, and has been featured as a guest artist at the Bethlehem Guitar Festival, the Charlton Kings International Guitar Festival (England), on the BBC, and at the Dutch and Finish Embassies in Washington, DC. Notable performances have taken her to Philadelphia, PA, Columbia, MD, Mendocino, CA, Bethlehem, PA, Fairfax, Virginia, Washington, DC, Honolulu, Hawaii, Portland and Brunswick, Maine and the Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia. She has won the Rising Stars Recital Competition and has received a Maryland State Arts Council Grant (for her debut recording), the Levine Faculty Development Grant, the Peabody Career Development Grant, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival's Perfoming Associate Award, and has been a three-time recipient of the Levine Performance Grant.
Of her debut recording, "Arabesques", released on Centaur Records, Al Kunze of Soundboard Magazine wrote, “Murray is a strong, precise, and yet lyrical player. It is nice to make her musical acquaintance.” Other recordings she is featured on are "Piano Music for Two Guitaris" with her guitar duo, the Arabesque Duo, and "Songs and Arias by Garth Baxter", on which she plays the voice and guitar works of composer Garth Baxter with soprano Katherine Keem.
Ms. Murray received a bachelor’s degree from the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver, where she was a scholarship student of the renowned guitarist and pedagogue, Ricardo Iznaola, and a Master’s Degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where she studied with Julian Gray. She has also studied at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and privately with composer Gilbert Biberian in England.
Also a sought-after teacher, Ms. Murray has served on the guitar faculties of Frederick Community College, Towson University, Mount Saint Mary’s College, McDaniel College and the Levine School of Music. Currently she teaches at the Baltimore School for the Arts, the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore and maintains a significant home studio.
Ms. Murray has performed in the United States and Europe, and has been featured as a guest artist at the Bethlehem Guitar Festival, the Charlton Kings International Guitar Festival (England), on the BBC, and at the Dutch and Finish Embassies in Washington, DC. Notable performances have taken her to Philadelphia, PA, Columbia, MD, Mendocino, CA, Bethlehem, PA, Fairfax, Virginia, Washington, DC, Honolulu, Hawaii, Portland and Brunswick, Maine and the Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia. She has won the Rising Stars Recital Competition and has received a Maryland State Arts Council Grant (for her debut recording), the Levine Faculty Development Grant, the Peabody Career Development Grant, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival's Perfoming Associate Award, and has been a three-time recipient of the Levine Performance Grant.
Of her debut recording, "Arabesques", released on Centaur Records, Al Kunze of Soundboard Magazine wrote, “Murray is a strong, precise, and yet lyrical player. It is nice to make her musical acquaintance.” Other recordings she is featured on are "Piano Music for Two Guitaris" with her guitar duo, the Arabesque Duo, and "Songs and Arias by Garth Baxter", on which she plays the voice and guitar works of composer Garth Baxter with soprano Katherine Keem.
Ms. Murray received a bachelor’s degree from the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver, where she was a scholarship student of the renowned guitarist and pedagogue, Ricardo Iznaola, and a Master’s Degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where she studied with Julian Gray. She has also studied at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and privately with composer Gilbert Biberian in England.
Also a sought-after teacher, Ms. Murray has served on the guitar faculties of Frederick Community College, Towson University, Mount Saint Mary’s College, McDaniel College and the Levine School of Music. Currently she teaches at the Baltimore School for the Arts, the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore and maintains a significant home studio.
