Hailed as a "brilliant pianist" (Financial Times) and "powerful player" (Santa Cruz Sentinel), Kate Campbell performs frequently as a soloist and chamber musician specializing in contemporary music and interdisciplinary projects.

She is at home with styles ranging from thorny modernism to "sleek and spirited" minimalism (San Francisco Chronicle). She has worked with and premiered works by many of the leading composers of our time, including Pulitzer Prize winners David Lang, Julie Wolfe, and Caroline Shaw.

She is the pianist for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and is the owner and director of Soundwise Piano Studio, a thriving, multi-teacher music school in North Berkeley.

Kate has been honored with a Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency for interdisciplinary projects and a distinguished fellowship at Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts. She served several years in residence at California State University East Bay, workshopping new music by student and faculty composers. In masterclasses and festivals, she has worked with emerging composers at Princeton University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, Mills College, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 

As an in-demand rehearsal & collaborative pianist, Kate regularly works with many of the Bay Area's top institutions, including the San Francisco Girls Chorus, West Edge Opera, UC Berkeley, Mills College, and the Berkeley Symphony. 

Her recorded work can be heard on New Amsterdam Records, Pinna Records, and New Focus Recordings.

Kate has served on the piano and chamber music faculty of Mills College, Westminster Conservatory of Rider University in Princeton, NJ, and the University of San Francisco.