Katherine Sartori, NBCT
Orchestra Director
Washington Middle School, Centennial Elementary, McKenny Elementary
Email: ksartori@osd.wednet.edu
Ms. Sartori started playing the violin in 4th grade when she was a student in
the Bethel School District, and kept playing at school and in the Tacoma Youth Symphony till she graduated. She attended Washington
State University (go Cougs!), earning degrees in music performance and music education. While
studying in eastern Washington, she played regularly with the Washington-Idaho Symphony as
violinist and violist. In lieu of studying abroad, Ms. Sartori went to Florida International
University (in Miami) for a semester; while there, she got to participate in a full performance of
Beethoven's 9th symphony, see her musical heroes - the Kronos String Quartet - perform live, and
she learned that she really doesn't like cockroaches. After leaving WSU, Ms. Sartori student-
taught in the Puyallup School District before coming to Olympia in December of 2009. She
loves living in Olympia, playing in the Olympia Symphony Orchestra, and getting to work with her amazing students!