After
receiving both the Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance and the
Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics from East Carolina
University, Katherine Jetter-Tischhauser earned the Master of Music and
most recently the Doctor of Music degree in Cello Performance from Florida
State University. Dr. Jetter-Tischhauser did her primary musical training with Selma Gokcen, Andrew
Luchansky, and Lubomir Georgiev. She
has performed in master classes of Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi,
Channing Robbins, and Stephen Doane.
Dr.
Jetter-Tischhauser’s chamber and solo experiences include performances
with the International Cello Festival Master Classes in Kronberg, Germany,
the Killington Chamber Music Festival, the Alfred Chamber Music Institute,
the Florida State New Music Festival, the Fort Lewis Faculty Trio, the
Alexander Murray Recital Series, and the Tischhauser-Shelly Ensemble.
She was the cellist for the Camellia String Quartet for two years
during which time the ensemble placed in the finals of the Carmel Chamber
Music Competition.
In
the position of principal cellist she has played in the Florida State
Symphony Orchestra, the Showcase Chamber Ensemble, and the San Juan
Symphony. Other orchestras
Dr. Jetter-Tischhauser has been a member of include the Tallahassee
Symphony, the New Carolina Sinfonia, the Tar River Orchestra, the National
Opera Company Orchestra, the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra,
and the Santa Fe Symphony.
Currently,
Dr. Jetter-Tischhauser resides in Durango, Colorado. She is Assistant Professor of Cello and Music Theory at Fort
Lewis College. In addition to
her duties at the college she actively teaches in the Four Corners area
through private lessons at Katzin Music and the Conservatory Music in the
Mountains. Organizing an area
honor’s chamber orchestra festival and sponsoring guest clinicians such
as the Raphael Trio, the Eroica Trio, the Trio con Brio, and Crystal
Plohman have been other means of educational outreach for enriching the
community by Dr. Jetter-Tischhauser.
Her performance schedule is filled with solo recitals, faculty trio
recitals, the San Juan Symphony, the Showcase Chamber Ensemble, and the
traveling Tischhauser-Shelly Ensemble.
She is the secretary of the Colorado ASTA with NSOA chapter and is
an active clinician in Colorado and New Mexico.
Her "extramusical" interests include gardening, cooking, reading,
hiking, and biking.