Dr. Kate Carter enjoys a varied career as a violinist, teacher, lecturer, and adjudicator. She is a founding member of critically acclaimed Blue Violet Duo, whose debut album received a grant from Chicago’s DCASE and was selected as WFMT’s “new release of the day.”

Carter has toured internationally with orchestras including Camerata Chicago and the Lucerne Festival Academy. She has appeared with ensembles including the Lyric Opera Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Philharmonic, Fulcrum Point New Music Ensemble, the Grossman Ensemble, Access Contemporary Music, International Chamber Artists, the Grant Park Symphony, and the Elmhurst Symphony, where she is the assistant concertmaster.