Kate Alexandra
Double Bass
Locations
- Remote Lessons
- Deerfield, IL
- Highland Park, IL
- Northbrook, IL
- Chicago, IL
- Skokie, IL
- Lincolnwood, IL
- Waukegan, IL
- Evanston, IL
- Glenview, IL
- Lake Forest, IL
- Libertyville, IL
- Mundelein, IL
- Cincinnati, OH
- Muncie, IN
- Oak Park, IL
- Northfield, IL
- Des Plaines, IL
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Professional Associations
American String Teachers Association (ASTA); International Society of Bassists
Qualifications
- DMA in Double Bass Performance with Cognate in Arts Administration - University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (2019)
- AD in Double Bass Performance - University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (2017)
- MM in Double Bass Performance - University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (2015)
- BM in Double Bass Performance - University of Colorado at Boulder (2013)
- Katherine Anne Suber Whiton Memorial Scholarship in Double Bass
Background & Experience
Dr. Kate Alexandra, DMA (she/her) is a solo, chamber, and orchestral double bass performer and educator with a passion for social justice, inclusion, and representation. Kate has performed with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Party of Note Chamber Series), and Cincinnati Soundbox. She also served as a professional fellow at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. Kate advocates for diversifying the classical music world through her commission and performance of new double bass compositions.
Kate presented the session, “Commissioning for Everybody: An Individual’s Guide to Fundraising, Recording, and Collaborating,” at the 2022 Hybrid ASTA National Conference. At the 2023 International Society of Bassists (ISB), she presented “Putting the ‘Us’ in Music: A World Premiere Recital of Six New Works by Women Composers.” Kate also organized and moderated the panel “From The Ground Up: Building and Sustaining your Private Studio” for the 2023 ASTA Virtual String Teachers Summit. She served as a host for the monthly Illinois ASTA Studio Chat and the Studio Teacher Book Club, which concentrated on pedagogy and andragogy, with a focus in social justice and inclusion in music education. Kate has served on the ASTA studio committee, as a studio teacher liaison board member for Illinois ASTA, and is currently a life member of the ISB. Always looking for way to improve her teaching and practice, Kate completed the two-part 2024 course by Dr. Molly Gebrian "Learn Faster, Perform Better:
A Musicians Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing."
She earned her doctorate in double bass performance with a cognate in arts administration from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music in 2019. As an educator in double bass performance, Kate has taught at both university and secondary levels at several institutions, including Ball State University, the Cincinnati Double Bass Institute, and the Cincinnati Public School system. Presently, Kate is the instructor of double bass at Black Hills State University (Spearfish, South Dakota), where she teaches remotely.
Dr. Alexandra currently offers in-person and remote lessons in double bass, music theory, ear training in both private and group setting, as well as coaching for sectionals and chamber music.
Kate presented the session, “Commissioning for Everybody: An Individual’s Guide to Fundraising, Recording, and Collaborating,” at the 2022 Hybrid ASTA National Conference. At the 2023 International Society of Bassists (ISB), she presented “Putting the ‘Us’ in Music: A World Premiere Recital of Six New Works by Women Composers.” Kate also organized and moderated the panel “From The Ground Up: Building and Sustaining your Private Studio” for the 2023 ASTA Virtual String Teachers Summit. She served as a host for the monthly Illinois ASTA Studio Chat and the Studio Teacher Book Club, which concentrated on pedagogy and andragogy, with a focus in social justice and inclusion in music education. Kate has served on the ASTA studio committee, as a studio teacher liaison board member for Illinois ASTA, and is currently a life member of the ISB. Always looking for way to improve her teaching and practice, Kate completed the two-part 2024 course by Dr. Molly Gebrian "Learn Faster, Perform Better:
A Musicians Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing."
She earned her doctorate in double bass performance with a cognate in arts administration from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music in 2019. As an educator in double bass performance, Kate has taught at both university and secondary levels at several institutions, including Ball State University, the Cincinnati Double Bass Institute, and the Cincinnati Public School system. Presently, Kate is the instructor of double bass at Black Hills State University (Spearfish, South Dakota), where she teaches remotely.
Dr. Alexandra currently offers in-person and remote lessons in double bass, music theory, ear training in both private and group setting, as well as coaching for sectionals and chamber music.