While I have known Kathryn for many years, my fondest memories are from the years when she, Susan Peterson, and I ignored our relative poverty and bought season tickets to the Lyric Opera. Each year when renewing we would decide that we must, actually, go with better seats. We wanted the music to envelop us completely. It was worth the added cost. After all anything could happen so we should allow ourselves this necessary indulgence. Kathryn, I remember, particularly loved Turandot by Puccini, and the deep voice of Samuel Ramey. After each performance we would go out until late and revisit the rich beauty of the evening. So when I think of Kathryn I think of those wonderful evenings, and when I hear the arias of Turandot, I think of her. Perhaps you could play something for her.
Kathryn was a dedicated teacher and student advocate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as other institutions in Chicago and beyond. If you have been a student of Kathryn's and wish to contribute a reflection about her, or your experience working with her, please post your comment. She touched many of our lives not only personally, but professionally as well, through the significant reviews and essays she wrote. We are all affected by this tragic loss.
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