Education
In addition, she attended Boston’s famed Berklee College of Music, studying guitar for nine semesters.
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Kate Schutt
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A lifelong athlete, Kate Schutt was an All-American athlete at Harvard playing two Division-I sports—Women's Ice Hockey and Women's Lacrosse while graduating Magna Cum Laude in English Literature. She brings this dedication and drive to her lush, melodic, and lyrically arresting music The Philadelphia News calls her “an enticingly languid vocalist, wry composer and sophisticated arranger in the popular/jazz vein.” In 2000, Schutt founded an independent record label, Wild Whip Records,Limited Liability Company. Kate lived in Guelph, Ontario, Canada (the “Austin, Texas of Canada”) from 2004 until 2010 playing and collaborating with Canadian musicians Duane Andrews, Michael Phillip Wojewoda, Andrew McPherson, and the band Gregory Pepper and His Problems.
In 2010, she relocated to Manhattan.
Her most recent international gig was in Ouro Pretal, Brazil. Her newest musical project is her band REDSTACK with Julian Lage.
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Achievements
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Winner in the Jazz category of the 2007 Session-II John Lennon Songwriting Contest for the song "How Much In Love" in the Jazz category Finalist in the Jazz category of the 2009 Session-I John Lennon Songwriting Contest for the song "Take Maine With You” American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Plus Award winner 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 in Jazz Composition.
