Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota is pleased to announce Katherine Baloff has joined its team as director of competitions & community experiences. Baloff has held numerous arts administration positions, served as personnel manager of the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, interned as student services coordinator at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival & School in Colorado, and helped launch the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition in its inaugural year as assistant to their executive director. She is passionate about arts education and in addition to serving as adjunct professor of chamber music at New College of Florida and being a faculty member of the Sarasota Music Conservatory, she founded the Katherine B. Violin Academy where she teaches a full studio of private violin students. For more information about Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org.