Katie Martz received her undergraduate from Shepherd University in 2004, where she performed with the wind ensemble, preparatory orchestra, chamber ensembles, chamber choir, jazz ensemble, and Ram Band Drumline. Martz taught 6th and 7th grade English Language Arts and Reading to students receiving special education and English as a Second Language services. In 2020, Katie left the public education classroom to focus on her musical career full-time. Katie plays principal bassoon with the Symphony of the Hills Orchestra and performs with the Orchestra of the Incarnate Word, and Alamo City Symphony Viva. Katie is the owner of Outer Loop Bassoon, a music studio based in Floresville, TX that provides affordable private instruction and bassoon reeds to young musicians located outside of San Antonio’s Loop 1604. Her teachers include Scott Cassada, Sabrina Stovall, and Sharon Kuster.