Katharine Mulky Warne (October 23, 1923 – April 24, 2015)[1] was an American composer, pianist[2] and teacher,[3] who founded the Darius Milhaud Society[4] and organized 15 Milhaud festivals in Cleveland, Ohio, to promote his music.
[8] Warne studied with Darius Milhard at Mills College (BM 1945);[9] Bernard Wagenaar at the Juilliard School of Music (MM 1947);[10] and Donald Erb at the Cleveland Institute of Music (DMA 1975).
She won first and second prizes in the Kansas Federation of Music Clubs contest in 1959,[12] and received a grant from the Bascom Little Fund.
"[14] She was active in several musical organizations in addition to the Darius Milhaud Society: Mu Phi Epsilon, the Fortnightly Music Club, and the Cleveland Composers Guild.
Her personal papers are archived in the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University,[15] where the papers for the Darius Milhaud Society are also archived.