Catherine Consiglio has been Professor of Viola at Wichita State University and Principal Viola in the Wichita Symphony for the past 34 years. In 2021 she was honored to receive the Burton Pell Achievement in Music Award from the Wichita Arts Council. She was violist with the Fairmount String Quartet for 17 years. Consiglio has been to Asuncion, Paraguay twice in recent years to teach and perform.
Ms. Consiglio has also taught at Rice University, the University of Connecticut, University of Oklahoma and Phillips Academy in Boston. Former orchestral playing positions include: Principal Violist of the Oklahoma Symphony, Boston Philharmonic, New England Chamber Orchestra, Orchesta Sinfonia de Jalapa and Assistant Principal of the Houston Chamber Orchestra. Consiglio taught and performed at festivals across the United States, Mexico and Europe, including the Evian Music Festival in France, The Quartet Program and Killington Music Festival in the US.
Since 2007 Ms. Consiglio’s technique book for violists has been in use at the Julliard School and the Julliard Preparatory Division. Ms. Consiglio has received two WSU College of Fine Arts Excellence in Achievement Awards. The Excellence in Teaching Award and the Excellence in Special Fine Arts Endeavors Award twice. In 2007 she was awarded the Anita Jones Faculty Fellowship by the Dean of the College of Fine Arts. In addition, the Board and Musicians of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra gave the prestigious Sevart Award for Community Service in 2008 for her work with Chamber Music at The Barn. Ms. Consiglio was co-founder and Artistic Director of Chamber Music at the Barn for 26 years.