Kathryn Hatmaker

Violinist Kate Hatmaker enjoys a varied career as performer, educator and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and Executive/Artistic Director of Art of Elan (artofelan.org), a San Diego-based chamber music organization committed to building community through music, and she has been a tenured violinist with the San Diego Symphony since 2006. Ms. Hatmaker has performed as a featured soloist with a wide variety of North American orchestras, including the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, in addition to festival performances at the Vail International Dance Festival, La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, Tanglewood, the Ojai Festival and the Breckenridge Music Festival, among others. She has served on the faculty at the University of California, San Diego and the Coronado School of the Arts, and is a frequent chamber music recitalist, guest clinician and keynote speaker.