You’ve seen her leading the Berks Sinfonietta or performing with the Reading Symphony, but you won’t want to miss Kathleen Stevens Bahena in this intimate solo spotlight.

Kathleen is currently completing her graduate residency at Temple University under the mentorship of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Kerri Ryan. Before she graduates this spring, she is bringing a stunning program to the stage that balances power and beauty—from the fiery Legenda by Wieniawski to the haunting, modern echoes of Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw.

Come support a local educator and performer who gives so much to our community through the Orchestra Zone and Temple Music Prep.

Kathleen Stevens Bahena is a professional violist and violinist from Reading, PA. She graduated from Ithaca College with a BM in viola performance in 2011 and has spent the past decade and a half building her career. She is the cofounder and principal violist for the Berks Sinfonietta, an intergenerational chamber orchestra that focuses on performing underrepresented music and promoting local talent. She also performs with Reading Symphony, Lancaster Symphony, PA Philharmonic, PA Sinfonia, Brandywine Valley Symphony, Fulton Theater, Servant Stage, and many other regional ensembles as both a violist and violinist. She teaches private lessons from her home in Wernersville. She is also a teacher for Orchestra Zone, a program funded by the Reading Symphony, which provides free lessons to instrumental students in the Reading School District.

Currently, Kathleen is attending Temple University as a graduate Academic Intern studying viola performance with Kerri Ryan of the Philadelphia Orchestra. As part of her internship, she teaches violin and viola lessons for Temple Music Prep’s Community Music Scholars Program. She is looking forward to graduating in the Spring.

Kathleen enjoys baking, yoga, running, hiking, reading, podcasts, cats, socks, and tacos.