Kate Steinbeck

Kate Steinbeck is recognized across the US and abroad as a unique interpreter of wide-ranging genres, an innovative music producer, and an enthusiastic teacher and coach. Since moving to Asheville in 1997, she has been active creating her production company, Pan Harmonia, and teaching.

Kate has produced two critically acclaimed CDs: Light in the Corner (2004) with percussionist Byron Hedgepeth and Luminescence (2010) with guitarist Amy Brucksch and recorded on projects ranging from hip hop to ambient. Kate plays on a modern wooden flute manufactured by her husband, Chris Abell, of the Abell Flute Co.

She also enjoys teaching and revels in guiding students of all ages to discover the joy of making music and to achieve new levels of accomplishment and self-awareness.

Kate earned a BM from Baldwin-Wallace College, studying with William Hebert (Cleveland Orchestra), followed by a Fulbright grant to study chamber music in Belgium. She later spent several years performing and teaching in Germany before returning to the US to pursue a MM at the San Francisco Conservatory as a student of Tim Day (SF Symphony). As a freelance flutist, she was featured on many of the Bay Area’s most prestigious stages. panharmonia.org and katesteinbeck.com