An honor graduate of Ball State University in Indiana (B.S. in Music Education), Kathleen first taught music at McCullough Junior High School in Marion, Indiana. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Kathleen received her Master’s degree (M.A.) from West Chester University and taught music in the Central Dauphin School District, the School District of Lancaster and Lancaster Country Day School……a total of 37 years!
Kathleen, an oboist, performed with the Lancaster Symphony for 23 years. She also performed as a regular member of the Harrisburg Symphony (8 years) and York Symphony (12 years). Through the years, Kathleen has performed with the Allegro Chamber Orchestra, Lancaster and Reading Pops Orchestras, the Lancaster and Capital Woodwind Quintets and the Fulton Theater and Opera Lancaster’s pit orchestras. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Pennsylvania State Education Association and The International Double Reed Society. She is also a member of Pi Kappa Lambda (National Music Honorary), Kappa Delta Pi (National Education Honorary) and Pi Lambda Theta (Women’s Education Honorary). She has been listed in The International Who’s Who in Music, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in American Music: Classical edition and was nominated for Arts Educator of the Year in Lancaster County in 1993.
Kathleen is currently serving as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oboe at Franklin and Marshall College. She was the director of the Intermezzo Winds (under the umbrella of Allegro’s NextGen Youth Music Organization) in 2018-2020. She also was a former faculty member of the York Music Center Summer Camp and Strings Excell Music Camp. She is currently serving on the board of the Lancaster/York Musicians Union.
