PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009-2011
Tour of the United States, France and South Korea with L’Ochestre de Chambre, Francais. Solo Recitals in New York City, Massachussetts, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Soloist and ensemble freelance work in New York City including recordings, symphonic, opera, oratorio, chamber music, Broadway show performances. Performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and The Graduate Center at CUNY in New York City and Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.

2007–2008
Toured East Coast United States performing solo works of J.S. Bach and Benjamin Britten. Performed Verdi’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall (New York, NY) and Britten’s War Requiem at Patriot’s Theater at the War Memorial (Trenton, NJ). Performed Latin Jazz with Bronx Arts Ensemble at Hostos Community College (Bronx, NY). Presenting three solo programs for the new series “Music as Architecture” at the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY). Solo cellist with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in Evenings of Piano Concerti Series at the Yamaha Salon (New York, NY).

2006–2007
Presentation of concert/lecture on the Sonatas for cello and keyboard by J.S. Bach co-edited with Bernard Greenhouse for G. Schirmer, Inc. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Solo recitals in New York, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Soloist with the Metro Chamber Orchestra at Symphony Space (New York, NY). Soloist with the Chelsea Symphony at Bargemusic (Brooklyn, NY). Solo cellist in Tobias Picker’s Therese Raquin with the Dicapo Opera Orchestra (New York, NY).

2005
Concerto appearances with the Salzburgerkammerphilharmonie (Salzburg, Austria), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Premiered Soliloquy, by Jennifer Higdon. Solo appearance at University of North Carolina-Greensboro introducing new edition of Sonatas for Violoncello and Keyboard BWV 1027-1029 by J.S. Bach (co-editor and owner with Bernard Greenhouse, published by G. Schirmer Inc.). Return engagement at the Supreme Court of the United States broadcast on Performance Today for National Public Radio (Washington, DC). Performed in Merce Cunningham’s Ocean at Lincoln Center Festival (New York, NY).

2004–2008 
Recording sessions with Tony Bennett and Doc Severinsen (New York, NY). The Late Show with David Letterman. Jazz at Lincoln Center with trumpeter Clark Terry. Regular substitute at Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. Principal cellist with jazz singer Jane Monheit at Carnegie Hall. Principal and section cellist for numerous freelance orchestras and opera orchestras in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Oklahoma. Soloist and continuo player for oratorio in many houses of worship in and around New York City.

2004 
Tour of Austria, France, Spain, and the Czech Republic with the Salzburgerkammerphilharmonie. Solo recital at Carnegie Recital Hall.

2003
Solo recital at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. World premiere of a commissioned work by Guggenheim Award-winning composer Louise Beach.

2002 
Performed at the Supreme Court of the United States celebrating the publication of Malvina Shanklin Harlan’s Memories of a Long Life. Recital debut at Merkin Concert Hall (New York, NY). Premiered works by American women composers, including Augusta Read Thomas and Jennifer Higdon. Concerto performances with St. Petersburg Philharmonic (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Moscow, Russia).

2001 
Solo recital at Steinway Hall (New York, NY). Performed J.S. Bach’s Unaccompanied Suites in Rockport, MA, and Poughkeepsie, NY.

1999
Concerto performances and CD recording of Haydn’s Cello Concerti with Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia). Concerto performances in Bad Sobernheim, Germany, and Iassy, Botoşani, and Constanza, Romania.

1998 
Concerto debut with Moscow Chamber Orchestra The Seasons, Gniessin Institute (Moscow, Russia). Concerto debut with St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Yusupov Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia). Solo recital at Scriabin Museum (Moscow, Russia).

DISCOGRAPHY

2002 
Kate Dillingham, cello, with The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexei Kornienko, conductor. Concerti by Witold Lutoslawski and Victor Herbert, Antonin Dvořák’s Silent Woods, and Jennifer Higdon’s Soliloquy. Recorded in the studios of MOSFILM (Moscow, Russia).

2000 
Debussy, Honegger, and Fauré. Kate Dillingham, cello, with Blair McMillen, piano, for Connoisseur Society Records. (Part of this recording was licensed for use in the French Film La Rafle starring Academy Award winners Melanie Laurent and Jean Reno, released March 10, 2010.)

1999
Haydn Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2 with The Moscow Chamber Orchestra The Seasons, Vladislav Bulakhov, conductor, for Connoisseur Society Records. Recorded in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia).

CHAMBER MUSIC

2006–2011
Rhinelander String Trio. Music Amici: performances with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Chamber Music Recitals: Iona College, (New Rochelle, NY), the Lettvin Chamber Music Series (Bradford, NH), Connecticut Alliance for Music (Bridgeport, CT), and Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, NY)

2003–2010
Artistic Coordinator for Connecticut Alliance for Music outreach program in Bridgeport Public Schools (Bridgeport, CT).

1999
Full Fathom commemorated the 200th anniversary of A. Pushkin’s birth: poetry, costumes, and premieres of works by Mikhail Ermolaev Kollontay and Vladimir Uspensky.

PREMIERES & COMMISSIONS

2008
Il Castelo, for solo cello, Alessandro Appignani.

2006
Clarinet Quintet by Sean Hickey, with clarinetist David Gould.

2004
Soliloquy for cello and orchestra, Jennifer Higdon.

2003
Song for a Maiden Voyage for cello and piano by Louise Beach; for the 50th anniversary of concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2002
Chant for cello and piano, Augusta Read Thomas. Suite for Solo Cello, Jennifer Higdon.

1999
Aria from the opera The Captain’s Daughter, M. Ermolaev Kollontay. Ten Words on the Death of Victor Hartman for piano trio, M. Ermolaev Kollontay.

1997
Dreams of Herod for violoncello and piano, M. Ermolaev Kollontay.

FESTIVALS & MASTER CLASSES

2010
Lehigh University for university students members of the Lehigh Valley community.

2010
Waterville Valley Conductor’s Institute with Ken Keisler, Keene, NH.

2007 
Berkshire Opera Festival; Pittsfield, MA.

2001
Maria Tchaikovskaya: Medal of Distinction for performances of Haydn’s Cello Concerti from Mattheiser Academie Festival; Bad Sobernheim, Germany.

1985–1992 
Master classes with Bernard Greenhouse, Theodore Lettvin, Felix Galimir, Leslie Parnas, Fritz Magg.

1991
Domaine Forget Summer Festival; Saint-Irénée, P. Québec, Canada. Principal cello under Otto Werner-Muller.

1985, 1987, 1988
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School; Blue Hill, ME.

EDUCATION

1998, 2000
Private study with Professor Maria Tchaikovskaya, Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia.

1992
Master of Music in Performance, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ with Bernard Greenhouse.

1990
Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, with Bernard Greenhouse.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010
Private Instructor of Cello, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

2007– Present
Head of Cello Department and Conductor of Grammar School Orchestra, Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School (New York, NY).

1997–2007
Private studio instruction (Greenwich, CT) preparing lower, middle, and high school students for performances in twice-yearly recitals, auditions for youth symphony, regional and all-state jury examinations, college auditions, and competitions. Students have attended institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, Williams College, Bard College, The Juilliard School, Interlachen Arts Academy, and North Carolina School of the Arts.

2003–2010
Director of Connecticut Alliance for Music’s outreach program in Bridgeport Public Schools. Secured sponsorship and developed a unique program to introduce string playing, technique, and performance to middle and high school children (Bridgeport, CT).

2002
Jury member for the New Jersey Symphony’s Young Artist Competition (Juilliard School; New York, NY).

1997
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (Huntington, Long Island, NY); taught group lessons for four levels of study commensurate with age and ability. Conducted string orchestra in three performances of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with student soloists.