Biography
Catherine is a British oboist and cor anglais player. She graduated with a first class BA Honours in Music from University of Southampton and completed her Masters in Oboe Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she was a Helen Roll Trust and Trinity Laban scholar. She studied with Ruth Bolister, David Thomas and Alan Garner. During her studies, she was a semi-finalist in the Trinity Laban soloists competition and performed with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Performances have taken Catherine across the UK and to Europe, in concert halls and theatres, including Cadogan Hall and the Mayflower Theatre. She has performed in France, Spain, the Netherlands and with the Berlin Opera Academy in Switzerland. Catherine has given recitals for the Iris Axon Concert Series, in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel and at Southwark Cathedral. As a soloist, she has performed with the Marcello Oboe Concerto and she is a member of Hacha Duo and Kander Ensemble. Catherine is also co-artistic director of Collective31, UK Contemporary Music and Arts. She enjoys immersing herself in all the arts and collaborating across the art forms.
