Katie Ostrosky
Adjunct Instructor of Group Piano
Music
Music - Keyboard
Biography
Katie Ostrosky, PhD, NCTM, is a pianist, educator, and scholar. She received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma in 2023, during which she taught class piano and aural skills as a graduate teaching assistant. While teaching at the University of Oklahoma, she was the recipient of the Provost’s Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for outstanding instruction.
An active presenter and clinician, Dr. Ostrosky has presented research and workshops regionally, nationally, and internationally. Her current research interests include adaptive pedagogies for music students with disabilities, embodied music cognition, music for movement, speech and music connections, and the pedagogical works of Florence B. Price. She has presented these and other topics at numerous venues including the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) national conference, the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), the College Music Society (CMS) regional and international conferences, as well as the International Conference for Dalcroze Studies.
As a performer, Dr. Ostrosky is passionate about creating innovative and original concert experiences with multi-disciplinary artists. Recent collaborations include Modernist Adventures in Music and Dance (2021), a staged collaboration of piano music written for dance performed at the University of Oklahoma as well as being a featured performance at the fifth International Conference for Dalcroze Studies. She composed and performed music for Tendrils (2022), a suite of tone-poems created for OU’s 2022 Young Choreographer Showcase. Dr. Ostrosky has frequently performed as a pianist for dancers, performing for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the University of Oklahoma, Maryland All-State Dance, and the Royal Academy of Dance. In addition to performances of classical and art music, Dr. Ostrosky has performed in vernacular and popular styles of music. She was a founding member of the Baltimore indie-synth-rock group, Karmella’s Game, performing over 200 concerts in 35 states, with three albums of original music released on Speedbump Recordings and Insubordination Records.
Dr. Ostrosky has been an active contributor to music teacher associations and has served as the recording secretary for the Music Teachers Association of Greater Baltimore and the President of the collegiate chapter of the OUMTNA.
