Our Musicians

Luke Fitzpatrick is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and artistic director of Inverted Space, a Seattle-based new music collective. He recently performed the US Premiere of Isidora Žebeljan’s Three Curious Loves with Seattle Philharmonic and the world premiere of Joël-François Durand’s La descente de l’ange for violin and clarinet . Additionally Luke has performed with Deltron 3030, Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective and as a touring member of the Harry Partch Ensemble and has appeared on recordings released by Ablaze and Centaur records. Luke is currently concertmaster of Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Festival Orchestra and Federal Way Symphony. He is a founding member of the String Quartet Pure Flavor and performs with Temple Mozaic, an improvisational music and dance collective alongside Smerk, Orb and Free. Besides music related things, Luke is an avid dancer and enjoys biking, eating sushi and collecting shoes.

Kate Mondragon has been a member of the Federal Way Symphony since 2004. Kate is also principal flute of the Bellevue Symphony and has performed with Symphony Tacoma and the Olympia Symphony. In addition to performing, she maintains a private flute studio in Puyallup and enjoys adjudicating and giving flute clinics throughout the Puget Sound Region. Outside of flute and music, Kate stays busy with her family: husband, Steven, children, Freyja & Magnus, and dog Raven.

Helen Lee is a highly accomplished Seattle-based flutist and piccoloist. She performs with many orchestras, ensembles and choirs in the Puget Sound areas, including Federal Way Symphony (since 2004), Bellevue Opera, Bellevue Symphony, Northwest Symphony, Cascade Symphony and the Sound Ensemble. Inspired by a flutist featured in a Japanese anime, Helen began the flute in Seattle at age 11 which led to many music awards, scholarships, and music performance degrees. Helen enjoys spending her free time with family and friends, relaxing on her lever harps, taking photos and sipping bubble tea.