Katie Aufenthie has been singing and playing piano for as long as she can remember.  Her grandmother, a former music educator, enrolled Katie in formal piano lessons at the age of five.  Katie studied jazz in high school and recorded two CDs with her jazz band in Nashville, Tennessee.

Katie went on to study classical piano performance for her college education in Georgia.  She sang in her university’s competitive choir and toured England in 2014. While studying, Katie served as an accompanist for a Presbyterian church.  After graduating in 2015, Katie then moved to Portland, Oregon, to hone her ear training skills and play in musical bands.  She toured the Pacific Northwest with a band called Mermaid in China and also debuted some of her own original music in a performance in New York City.

Katie moved to North Carolina and became Music Director of WCPE, The Classical Station in 2022.  She loves curating soundscapes and creating meaningful playlists for an international audience.  However, teaching piano is a passion she's shared for over 13 years.  She prides herself on using stories, props, games, and movement to help with the application of learning music.  When she isn't teaching piano or creating playlists, Katie can be found creating works of art using rope in a medium called macrame.  Her work can be found at landofluna.org. Her mission in life is to connect with others through music and learning, and art.