Hailed as a virtuoso by The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kathie Stewart is a founding member and principal flute of Apollo's Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. An advocate of the baroque flute as a mainstream instrument, Stewart serves as teacher of baroque flute at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Visiting Artist at Case Western Reserve University, and is assistant director for the Seattle Baroque Flute Workshop.

Stewart's master class will focus on J.S. Bach's compositions for flute and the types of instruments which performers used during the 18th century.  Her intimate knowledge of this repertoire and this instruments will give students important interpretive information and frame their studies and performances in a broader historical and aesthetic context.