Kate Soper

Kate Soper, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2017, has cultivated a career that includes composition, performance, education, and ensemble management. She has held some of classical music's most prestigious residences, including stints at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and the American Academy in Rome, Italy. As a performer, Soper is a key member of New York's avant-garde Wet Ink Ensemble. Her growing list of recorded compositions includes an opera, The Romance of the Rose (2021), issued on an album by the New Focus Recordings label in 2024.