Katherine Xie is a tenth grader at Naperville North High School in Illinois. She currently studies flute with Hideko Amano and Leah Arsenault Barrick and studies music with Sooka Wang. Katherine was the first-place winner of the 2025 American Protégé International Woodwinds and Brass Competition and has earned multiple honors in the Chicago Flute Club student competitions. She is a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, where she enjoys performing ensemble repertoire.