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C-O-X Trio
January 17th, 2025
7:30 PM
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Christ United Methodist Church

Featuring
Kathleen Covalt, violinist
John Osborne, Cellist
Tianyao Xie, pianist
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Program
To Be Announced
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The C-O-X Trio is comprised of Rochester musicians violinist Kathleen Covalt,
cellist John Osborn, and pianist Tianyao Xie.  In their debut recital with RCMS, the
trio will present an attractive program consisting of works by Haydn, Schubert, and
Smetana.

Kathleen Covalt

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​Kathleen Covalt began violin lessons at age six and has performed publicly since she was eight. Kathleen has played with the San Francisco Academy Orchestra, Mendocino Festival Orchestra, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Music Institute Orchestra and the Rochester Symphony Orchestra. In 2012 Kathleen performed as a soloist with the St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra.

She has played chamber music at venues across the United States and in Europe including performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, La Madeleine (Paris), the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, the Fisk Mansion (San Francisco), and the Mendocino Music Festival. 

Kathleen was a recipient of the 2021/2022 Individual Established Artist Grant through the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council for her concert series, Women’s Voices Through Music, which featured music by women composers. In 2016-2017, as a member of the Kalliope Duo, Kathleen received another SEMAC grant, and she was part of the Minnesota Public Radio Class Notes program for Rochester during 2013-2014 as the violinist of the Odelia Piano Trio. 

An enthusiastic educator, Kathleen Covalt has taught students age three to adult in private and group settings since 2000. She has taught in public and private schools in San Francisco, Redwing, River Falls, and Rochester. She is the owner of KML Violin & Viola Studio in Rochester where she shares her passion of music with the next generation. 

Kathleen Covalt holds a bachelor of music in violin performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied violin with Ian Swensen and chamber music with Mark Sokol and Yoshikazu Nagai. Other mentors include Ray Shows and Nancy Oliveros of the Artaria String Quartet, Renee-Paule Gauthier and Lynn Kuo.

John Osborne

Tianyao Xie

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