Kathryn Lockwood

Kathryn Lockwood, violist and artistic director originally from Australia, leads an active career as a performer, educator, and curator. She first came to the United States to study for one year at USC in Los Angeles—more than 30 years ago—and has since made her home in New York. Her childhood dream to be a chamber musician came true first as the violist of Pacifica Quartet, then the Lark Quartet, and now the very unique viola and percussion duo with her husband, Yousif Sheronick. Since 2019, Lockwood has served as artistic director of the Four Seasons in Music concert series at the Sands Point Preserve on Long Island, where duoJalal is in residence. Since 2022, she and Sheronick have also been co-artistic directors of MusicFest, Telluride Chamber Music in Colorado. Lockwood is tenured faculty at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, where she teaches, coordinates the string area, and curates the Immersive Residency Program, bringing internationally renowned artists and ensembles for weeklong residencies.