CATER, Kathryn

Kathryn Cater is an American harpist, composer, arranger and educator based in Oregon. She studied piano from childhood and began playing the harp at seventeen. After a performing career of more than thirty years, she increasingly concentrated on composition. Cater writes primarily for lever and pedal harp, including solo pieces, harp duets and chamber works with flute, clarinet or violin. Much of her music is intended for student and intermediate performers and is inspired by landscapes, wildlife and the natural world. Her original collections include A Walk in the Mountains, A Walk in the Woods, Singing Wings, Soaring Strings, My Gallery, The Enchanted Sea and Northern Dances.