Kathryn Bostic

Composer and artist Kathryn Bostic is known for her work on award-winning films, TV and live theater. In 2016 she became the first female African-American score composer in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and is a recipient of numerous fellowships and awards including the prestigious Sundance Institute Time Warner Fellowship (for development of The August Wilson Symphony), Sundance Fellowship for Feature Film Scoring, Sundance/Skywalker Documentary Film Scoring, BMI Conducting Fellowship, and Best Music in Film by the African American Film Critics Association. Bostic has written for Broadway, most notably collaborating with the award-winning playwright August Wilson on “Gem of the Ocean” and various productions of his last play “Radio Golf” as well as the Mark Taper production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” directed by Phylicia Rashad. Because of her collaboration with Mr. Wilson, Bostic was asked to score the PBS American Masters program “August Wilson - The Ground on Which I Stand.” Reflecting on Mr. Wilson’s career, this documentary inspired her to write “The August Wilson Symphony” and song “State of Grace”, which received a world premiere in January 2018 by the Grammy award winning Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra helmed by Grammy award winning conductor and composer Lucas Richman who was instrumental in launching the premiere. As a vocalist, she has toured and recorded with world renowned artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nas, and David Byrne.