Kate Amrine

KATE AMRINE

A passionate and creative performer, Kate Amrine is a prominent trumpet player balancing a multifaceted career from developing new repertoire and curating concerts to freelancing with many different groups in the New York City. Recent performances include Vivaldi’s Double Trumpet concerto, a 10 week Off Broadway run of Alice by Heart, and premiering new pieces for trumpet and clarinet with her newest group Spark Duo with Ford Fourqurean. Upcoming performances include solo shows of music from This is My Letter to the World, a spring 2020 tour with Spark Duo, and more. See kateamrine.com for an updated event list.

Kate is very dedicated to commissioning and performing new music, premiering over 30 pieces both as a soloist and a chamber musician. Kate’s debut album “As I Am” was released on November 7th 2017, featuring new music by women composers. Through this project, she was invited to present recitals at various festivals and events including the International Women’s Brass Conference and the Women Composer’s Festival of Hartford. As a composer, Kate wrote the title track of her debut album and continues to compose other works, including three that will appear on her next album This is My Letter to the World. This album is coming out on 1/24/20 on innova records.
In addition to advocating for female composers, Kate is very passionate about expanding awareness and representation for female brass players. She is half of the team behind Brass Chicks – a blog dedicated to celebrating the work of female brass players with guest posts and interviews.

Kate frequently subs on Broadway and performs in other regional musical theater productions both in and outside of the NYC area. She completed two tours with Broadway: The Big Band Years in fall 2015 and spring 2016 and played second trumpet in the National Tour of Annie in December 2015. Selected regional show experience includes Ragtime on Ellis Island in 2016, The Crossing Opera at BAM in 2017, and various film score recording sessions since 2010. As a commercial player, Kate also performs with groups of many different styles and was fortunate to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in an all-girl horn section with the band Sleigh Bells.

As a contractor, Kate has experience hiring everything from a full orchestra to a big band to a horn section for various events. She contracted a full orchestra for a recording session of Netanel Hershtik’s album The Art of Cantor at Avatar Studios. She also has hired musicians for over 10 different musicals, rock groups, and various church events since coming to NYC in 2010.

For more on Kate, visit www.kateamrine.com