Kate Campbell Strauss
  • Contact

Bio

Kate Campbell Strauss is a New Orleans-based musician who plays saxophone, writes and arranges music, edits and mixes audio, and teaches. Kate's practice is based in exploring creative process as a vehicle for healing and liberation. Over the 25+ years that Kate has been playing music, they have sought out musical collaborations and opportunities in which they experience a strong sense of connection - to community, nature, and spirit. They are also an activist dedicated to expanding creative opportunities for other musicians of underrepresented identities.
Picture
​Kate has played as a bandleader and freelancing sideperson in Louisiana and the northeast US at concert halls, festivals, wine bars, and backyards. Their big band arrangements have been performed and recorded by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring a variety of guests, including Cyrille Aimée, Renee Neufville, John Boutté, Miki Howard, Nnenna Freelon, and Erica Falls. Their work as an audio post-producer has been featured at the New Orleans Jazz Museum and on Anna Laura Quinn’s 2022 release Open the Door. Kate’s work as a composer has been supported by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

Kate earned a Master of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies at Pomona College. They teach as a faculty member at the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, as a guest lecturer at the University of New Orleans, and at their private studio.
Kate Campbell Strauss CV
File Size: 69 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Contact

Listen

Arrangements for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

  • "In the Land of Beginning Again" recorded by Cyrille Aimée with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra on Petite Fleur (2021)
  • ​"Guess Who I Saw Today" performed by Nayo Jones with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (2020)
  • "Something to Believe" performed by Renee Neufville with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (2020)

Collaborations with Anna Laura Quinn on Open the Door​ (2022)

  • Tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
  • Bari sax on track 8
  • Mixing and editing on tracks 4, 8

​Live with Anna Laura Quinn
​at the New Orleans Jazz Museum

Live with Bess Jacques
​at Cadenza


​Collaboration with the University of New Orleans jazz ensemble (2020)

Contact

To inquire about Kate's services or appearances, please fill out the form below.
Submit
© COPYRIGHT 2023. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Contact