Bios

Kaitlin Webster-Zuber is a pianist-composer and a native of Los Angeles, California. She attended the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts (2009-2018), her focus being her private piano study and avid participation in the Colburn Chamber Music Institute (2016-2018). She also enjoyed branching out to study tap dance, music theory, voice (private and choir), and ballet. Throughout her time at Colburn, Kaitlin performed in MTAC, CAPMT, and Junior Bach festivals for piano at both local and regional levels. She participated in Junior Chamber Music, serving as director of the Los Angeles Branch Board for Junior Chamber Music Student Service Alliance (JCMSSA, 2014-15). In JCM, she was awarded numerous scholarships including: the Costa Rica Chamber Music Festival, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Piano Intensive, the John Perry Academy Summer Piano Festival, the Montecito International Music Festival, and the Warsaw Piano Intensive. In July 2018, she was invited to the Concerto Fest Europa in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she performed solo repertoire and the Mozart Double Piano Concerto No. 10 with her sister and piano duo partner, Emily. Kaitlin frequently works with The Music Guild of Los Angeles and volunteers for their piano adoption and outreach performance programs.

As a composer, Kaitlin has studied privately under recognized composers Ian Krouse (UCLA), Derrick Skye (MSMU), and Juan Pablo Contreras. She has premiered numerous compositions with organizations including Salastina, Sunset ChamberFest, and Mount Saint Mary’s University, and also composes to short films and audio dramas.

Kaitlin graduated summa cum laude from Mount Saint Mary’s University in 2024 with a BA in Piano Performance . Her solo and chamber music experiences inspired her to establish outreach concerts, programs which combine Classical music with other artistic forms such as art and dance, as well as more intimate house concerts – all of which led her to co-found Musical Traces with her sister Emily.

Emily Webster-Zuber is a pianist-composer, native to Los Angeles. Her musical endeavors are deeply embedded within the LA community, leading her to stay local and receive a degree from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Piano Performance (’24) alongside her sister, Kaitlin. Her studies included multidisciplinary courses at the Colburn School and private piano with Robert Ward.

Emily has studied composition privately under Ian Krouse, Derrick Skye, and Juan Pablo Contreras. Her concert works have received premieres at local and international venues with organizations including the LAPhil Composer Fellowship Program, Salastina, Sunset ChamberFest, MSMU, Bridge to Everywhere, The Music Guild, and The Da Camera Society. She has been honored to collaborate closely with distinguished musicians Martin Chalifour (LAPhil), Sara Andon, the Lyris Quartet, and members of the LA Chamber Orchestra.

As a member of The Webster-Zuber Sisters Piano Duo with Kaitlin, Emily enjoys collaborating with and premiering works by internationally recognized composers, including Ian Krouse, Richard Danielpour, Peter Golub, and Juan Pablo Contreras. In 2018, Emily and Kaitlin were invited to Concerto*Fest*Europa in Vienna, where they performed W.A. Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto with the Slovak State Opera Orchestra. They were awarded First Prize of the prestigious 2021 Marker and Pioneer International Music Competition for their two-piano performance of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, and First Prize of the 4^th Gabriel Fauré Music World Competition of 2025 for performances of Reverie, Blues, and Elegy by Ian Krouse and Mariachitlán by Juan Pablo Contreras. Both sisters attended numerous leading music festivals including the John Perry Academy, Concerto*Fest*Europa, the Idyllwild Arts Festival, Sunset ChamberFest, and the AMICI International Music Festival.

Since 2024, Emily has worked closely with The Music Guild in designing musical outreach initiatives and collaborations and is Director of their Educational Outreach and Instrument Adoption Programs. These programs have enabled her to develop interdisciplinary Art & Music classes for the AMICI International Music Festival, as well as fostering active partnerships between organizations and meaningful relationships.

Whether performing, composing, teaching, or producing concerts, Emily’s growth as a citizen artist has led to her active involvement with multiple of LA’s iconic and historic organizations, including The Music Guild, The Da Camera Society, the American Society of Cinematographers, The Wallis, LAPL, and more.

In 2016, Emily and Kaitlin co-founded Musical Traces, dedicated to discovering local community spaces for music students to “Play Aloud” through performance, developing educational workshops and teaching opportunities, and producing unique projects to engage their communities. Visit www.MusicalTraces.com to subscribe to their newsletter and learn more.