Katie Cox (CORVUS)

Katie grew up in Alaska spending summers fishing, camping, hiking, identifying wildflowers, and playing the flute around the state of Alaska. Originally from Fairbanks, she currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. As an active chamber musician in New York City, Katie has worked with contemporary ensembles such as TRANSIT, Contemporaneous, Ensemble Signal, members of eighth blackbird, Experiments in Opera, Numinous, and SEM Ensemble. She is currently a member of Hotel Elefant describe by TimeOut New York as "one of New York's fastest rising new-music outfits." She is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Wild Shore New Music in Homer, Alaska and Executive/ Program Director Redtail Artist Residencies, a residency program in Queens, NY for composers and choreographers. Katie has performed at NYC’s tops venues Roulette Theater, the Park Avenue Armory, Hearst Plaza for Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Carnegie Hall, The Kitchen, (le) poisson rouge, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, and Brookfield Place for the Bang on a Can Marathon. Major composers she has worked with include Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams, Guggenheim Fellow Richard Carrick, Conrad Winslow, Anna Clyne, Carlisle Floyd, and Mary Kouyoumdjian. Katie is also a teaching artist for Little Orchestra Society. In her spare time she enjoys bird watching in her local parks and co-leads beginner bird walks on Saturdays with husband Mike Elfassy and daughter Anna in Prospect Park sponsored by the Brooklyn Bird Club.