Kathryn Irwin
Assistant Professor
School of Visual & Performing Arts
Band 104
318-342-1598
Kathryn Irwin, DMA Assistant Professor, Music
Education
DMA
2018, Percussion
Michigan State University
MM
2015, Music - Percussion Performance
University of Kansas
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Kathryn Irwin joins the University of Louisiana Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts as the Assistant Professor of Percussion. Kathryn is a percussion performer and educator from Petal, Mississippi. She has performed with scholastic and professional ensembles throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Performances include Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo for renowned percussionist Keiko Abe, Soochow University in Taiwan, the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Italy, the Eutiner Festspiele and Carl Maria von Weber Concert of Chamber Music in Germany, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis. She has also led masterclasses and given clinics at schools in Taiwan and universities across the United States.
As an active soloist and chamber musician in the percussion community, Kathryn is an advocate of expanding the percussion repertoire and prioritizes commissioning new works. She has commissioned composers such as Elliot Cole, Molly Joyce, Joe W. Moore III, Brett William Dietz, and Dave Molk. She enjoys working on collaborative projects with artists of other mediums and professionals outside the field of music as well. The most recent commission of Is This Madness?, a work for solo percussion and electronics, aims to raise awareness and grow support for members of the bipolar community through performances and clinics. This project consisted of a collaboration with a member of the bipolar community, a licensed psychiatrist, and composer Joe W Moore III.
Dr. Irwin is currently the president of the Louisiana Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, serves as a board member of the Monroe Symphony Orchestra and New Music on the Bayou. Her quartet, Without Borders, recently released an album with Chorphilia Records of String Quartet No. 5 by Béla Bartók, transcribed by Yun Ju Pan. Kathryn holds degrees from Michigan State University, University of Kansas, and Louisiana State University. Her primary teachers include Gwendolyn Dease, Jon Weber, Ji Hey Jung, and Brett William Dietz.
As an artist and educator, Kathryn proudly represents Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, and Remo, Inc.
https://sabian.com/artist/kathryn-irwin/
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Licensure & Certification
Florida Teaching Certification, Florida Department of Education. (Present)
Louisiana Teaching Certification, Louisiana Department of Education. (Present)
Creative Works
Music Conducting - University or Other Ensemble, Regular, Oschner's Health Power of One Ceremony - SOT DRUMLINE, Monroe, LA. (November 2023).
Chamber Performance at WMHS, Chamber Performance at WMHS Holiday Concert - Into the Air, West Monroe, LA. (November 2023).
Chamber Work on Faculty Artist Series, Nobody by Ty Blankenship.. (August 2022).
Music Performance - Minor Participant, Opera/Musical, Street Scene by Kurt Weill, Monroe, LA. (November 2022).
One Solo performance, Faculty Recital Hour Showcase, Monroe, LA. (January 2023).
Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital, Guest Chamber Recital, Warrensburg, MO. (January 2023).
Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital, Without Borders Chamber Recital, Florence, AL. (January 2023).
Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital, Without Borders Chamber Recital, Monroe, LA. (January 2023).
Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital, Without Borders Chamber Recital, Starkville, MS. (January 2023).
Music Performance - Full Solo Recital, Guest Solo Recital, Natchitoches, LA. (February 2023).
Music Performance - Full Solo Recital, Guest Solo Recital, Raymond, MS. (March 2023).
Music Performance - Full Solo Recital, Solo Recital, Baton Rouge, LA. (March 2023).
Solo Performance of one piece, , Natchitoches, LA. (April 2023).
Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital, Without Borders, Harrisonburg, VA. (April 2023).
Music Performance - Participation, New Music on the Bayou 2024.. (2024).
Music Performance - Participation, New Music on the Bayou Festival, Monroe, LA. (2023).
Music - Adjudicator, Clinician, or Consultant, Guest Clinician at Hinds Community College.. (2023).
Music Performance - Participation, ULM Wind Ensemble, Soloist.. (2023).
Music Conducting - University or Other Ensemble, Regular, Bayou Steel Spring 2023, Monroe, LA. (2024).
Recent Publications
(2024). Alex Smith Self-Publication on Youtube Recording - Bird II.
(2023). Alex Smith Self Publication on YouTube - Recording - Bird I.
(2024). Self Published - ULMPE Recording - Spring 2024 Highlights.
(2023). Self Published - YouTube Release ULM Wind Ensemble - Mjolnir Excerpts.
(2023). Self Published - ULMPE YouTube Recording - Credo in US.
(2023). Self Published - ULMPE Recording - Nagoya Marimbas.
(2023). Self Published - ULMPE Recording - Disguised.
(2023). Self Published - Video Recording of ULMPE - Apotheosis.
(2023). Self Published Youtube Release of ULMPE. - Taiko a la TomTom.
(2023). Self Published YouTube Release of ULMPE 2023 Spring.
(2023). Self Published Recruiting Video for ULMPE.
(2023). Self Published - Recruiting Video ULM Percussion.
Self Published Recording of ULMPE Fall 2022.
(2023). Album Release: String Quartet No. 5 by Bela Bartok, trans. Yun Ju Pan. Taiwan: Chorphilia Records.
Courses Taught
ARTS 1010HONORS ARTS, 2 course(s)
MSED 3019PERCUSSION TECHNIQUES, 2 course(s)
MSED 4001SPECIAL PROBLEMS, 1 course(s)
MSED 4053SENIOR PROJECT/RECITAL, 2 course(s)
MSED 5011PERCUSSION PEDAGOGY, 1 course(s)
MUSC 1038PERCUSSION, 3 course(s)
MUSC 1058PERCUSSION, 5 course(s)
MUSC 2013PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, 5 course(s)
MUSC 2058PERCUSSION, 4 course(s)
MUSC 3058PERCUSSION, 4 course(s)
MUSC 3090HALF RECITAL, 2 course(s)
MUSC 4034CHAMBER MUSIC, 3 course(s)
MUSC 4058PERCUSSION, 3 course(s)
MUSC 4090FULL RECITAL, 1 course(s)