Katie Ostrosky, PhD, NCTM is a pianist, educator, and composer whose work spans piano performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and inclusive music education. She has served on the faculties of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University, Southwestern Christian University, and the Oklahoma Conservatory of Music, teaching applied piano, group piano, music theory, in addition to serving as a collaborative pianist. She joined the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University as a full-time faculty member in the Preparatory division in 2025.

Ostrosky holds a PhD in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma where her dissertation explored piano instructors’ preparation, confidence, and success in teaching students with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Her scholarly contributions on this topic and others have been published by the MTNA E-Journal, the Frances Clark Center, and featured at international, national, and regional conferences, including the College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association conference, and the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy. She is a sought-after clinician and presenter on strategies for teaching exceptional learners, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and creative approaches in the applied studio. Her influential teachers include pedagogy studies with Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, Jeremy Dittus, and Monica Dale, and piano with Eva Mengelkoch and Igor Lipinski. 

A passionate advocate for somatic and embodied learning, Ostrosky integrates Dalcroze Eurhythmics into both traditional and group piano instruction. She is currently completing the Dalcroze Professional Certificate at the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement and has led movement-based pedagogy workshops at institutions across the U.S., including Oklahoma City University, Maranatha Baptist University, Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, and the Suzuki Music Institute of Dallas.

As a performer, Ostrosky maintains an active profile as a collaborative pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist. Her recent projects include Windswept, an original work for piano, electronics, and dance (premiered at Ocean State Ballet, 2025); Tendrils: A Ballet in 8 Poems, an original work for piano, dance, and visual art (premiered at the University of Oklahoma’s Young Choreographer Showcase, 2022); and Modernist Adventures in Music and Dance, a collaborative concert highlighting 20th-century composers and choreographers featured at the International Conference for Dalcroze Studies (2021). Her performance experience also spans classical chamber music, historical keyboard instruments, and more than a decade as a synthesizer player and arranger in Baltimore’s indie rock scene.

Her honors include winning the inaugural Reynaldo Reyes Foundation Piano Scholarship, the NCKP Pedagogy Poster Prize, the Provost’s Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, and numerous competitive awards in piano and pedagogy.