Kate Reid receives 2021 Phillip Frost Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship

Professor Reid was recognized by a Selection Committee of her peers as an exemplary faculty member for her outstanding contributions as an educator, scholar, and a practitioner in the music industry.
Kate Reid receives 2021 Phillip Frost Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami congratulates Kate Reid, M.M. ’96, D.M.A. ’03, Director of Jazz Vocal Performance and Associate Professor of Jazz Voice, Studio Music, and Jazz Department, on receiving the prestigious 2021 Phillip Frost Award. Professor Reid was recognized by a Selection Committee of her peers as an exemplary faculty member for her outstanding contributions as an educator, scholar, and practitioner in the music industry.

"I am truly humbled by the recognition my colleagues and peers have bestowed upon me with this honor. To be acknowledged for the delicate balance of education, performance, and scholarship that makes up my position means such a great deal to me. The true privilege, however, is the amazingly talented students and exceptional colleagues I get to work with every day at the Frost School of Music," Professor Reid said.

 

More About Kate Reid

Apart from overseeing all aspects of the Jazz Vocal Performance program, Professor Reid directs two of Frost’s three jazz vocal ensembles -- Frost Extensions and Frost Jazz Vocal I. Dr. Reid also teach jazz improvisation, sight-singing, and music theory and she maintains a full jazz voice studio of undergraduate and graduate students.

Dr. Reid enjoys a busy career as a guest artist, conductor, clinician, and adjudicator at all-state jazz and choral festivals throughout the United States and Canada. She has also participated in the Manhattan Concert Productions Jazz Series and has conducted the California, New York, and New Hampshire All-State jazz choirs.

Dr. Reid enjoys a multi-faceted career as an educator, recording and performing artist and has appeared regularly with her own quartet She has performed with such renowned artists as John Clayton, Robin Eubanks, Jon Hendricks, Grady Tate, Mercer Ellington, Don Shelton, Mark Murphy, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Liza Minelli, Mark Murphy, Rosemary Clooney, Diane Schuur, and Dr. Billy Taylor.
Her voice can be heard on several network television series, to commercial spots for Ace Hardware, T-Mobile, and Suntory Whiskey, and to recordings by such artists as MUSE, X Japan, and Josh Groban.

Dr. Reid is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47, Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Recording Artists (SAG-AFTRA), The Recording Academy (formerly NARAS), the American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA), Phi Beta Kappa, and the Jazz Education Network (JEN).