Katherine Wiley

Katherine Wiley teaches Humanities in the Division of Liberal Arts. She enjoys a diverse career as a professional violinist, music educator, arts entrepreneur, and mindfulness teacher. She is a certified Koru Mindfulness teacher, and her class "Mindfulness, Meditation, and Education" draws on 30 years of teaching experience to explore the intersection of mindfulness and learning.

Credentials

• Certified Koru Mindfulness Teacher, Center for Koru Mindfulness, Durham, N.C.
• Guest lecturer, Wake Forest University and UNCSA 
• Director, Blue Ridge Suzuki Camp
• Violinist, Winston-Salem Symphony
• Director and teacher, Piedmont Suzuki Studio
• Former Assistant Instructor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Organizations

• Member, Suzuki Association and American String Teachers Association
• Past President, North Carolina Suzuki Teachers Association
• Member, Winston-Salem Youth Orchestras Advisory Council
• Former member, Winston-Salem Symphony Education Committee

Awards, Recognitions & Honors

• Winner, Baltimore Chamber Music Competition
• Citizen Citation from Mayor of Baltimore for volunteer crisis counselor for Sexual Assault Recovery Center