Dr. Katherine Weintraub (a native of Sarasota, Florida) is a decorated performer and passionate educator. Known for her sensitive musicianship, Dr. Weintraub champions the standard repertoire of the saxophone, in addition to contemporary music and creative transcriptions of borrowed works. She has been praised by composer, Libby Larson for her technical brilliance and her uncanny ability to communicate the music directly to the heart of the listener. In January of 2020, she was named winner of the Matthew Ruggiero International Woodwind Competition. Dr. Weintraub is currently a private studio instructor and freelance performer residing in Tampa, Florida. She serves as the Adjunct Professor of Saxophone at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida, as well as an instructor at several public schools in the Tampa Bay Area.
Dr. Weintraub has given guest artist recitals and masterclasses at universities nationwide including the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of Miami, and others. She has also commissioned and premiered several new works for the saxophone, two of which she premiered in the summer of 2018 at the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. From 2016-2018, Dr. Weintraub served as the Visiting Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Florida State University. As a soloist, she has been featured with the Florida State University Wind Orchestra, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Weintraub received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree (with Performer’s Certificate) from the Eastman School of Music (where she studied with Dr. Chien-Kwan Lin), and her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music from the University of Michigan (where she studied with Donald Sinta). While a graduate student, she was the winner of international competitions such as the 2014 International Saxophone Symposium and Competition, and the 2013 International William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition.
Dr. Weintraub is a Selmer performing artist and performs exclusively on Selmer-Paris saxophones.