Katherine Arndt, violin (Boston, Massachusetts), studies at New England Conservatory of Music with Miriam Fried. Her past teachers have included Yuri Mazurkevich, Kelly Barr and Lynn Basila.  Kate has performed as a featured soloist with several orchestras and was in a master class at Jordan Hall with Midori Goto. Kate currently is a member of NEC’s Symphonic Orchestra, and is also an avid chamber musician. Her former group, the Back Bay Trio, was featured on NPR’s From the Top in February 2013, and was also a semi-finalist at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition held in May 2013. Kate has attended several summer music programs, including the Perlman Summer Music School, Heifetz International Music Institute, and Greenwood Music Camp. Past summer teachers have included Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, Li Lin, Merry Peckham, David Cerone, Ani Kavafian, Alex Kerr, Philip Setzer, and Mihaela Martin.