Kate Gabbitas

Kate Gabbitas is an award winning vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and active songwriter with extensive academic and stage training in commercial music and jazz. She spent two years studying commercial music with a jazz emphasis at Brigham Young University, where she won 1st place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition, before continuing her music studies at Utah Valley University. While voice is her primary specialty, she is an accomplished pianist and trumpet player, performing instrumentally and vocally at events like the Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans. Along with voice, trumpet, and piano, she teaches music theory, songwriting, and music production. She is seasoned in the local music scene, having played in numerous bands and at iconic venues like Velour and Kilby Court, both in local collaborations and fronting her own original project, Kate Fitz and the Romantics.

Kate is currently in her 12th year of teaching, starting at the age of 16 in her family home in Springville, UT. She pairs a deep dedication to the creative process with a structured, highly goal oriented framework. She firmly believes in the power of creation, and that music without creativity is missing its core purpose, using music as a tool to unlock self expression and deeper human connection while teaching students how to play for themselves and navigate their own artistic independence. Every semester, Kate's students set distinct goals and work deliberately to achieve them both inside and outside of lessons. She sets up a clear, accountable structure that has enabled her first students at the Davis School of four years to make extraordinary, lasting progress. Kate is devoted to creating an empowering enviroment where rigorous progress and genuine artistic discovery happen hand in hand.