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Vocal Coach and Accompanist
Wales Academy of Voice & Dramatic Arts (WAVDA)
Tel: 01267 676767
Role in the University
Working with singers on performance and repertoire.
Background
Catherine studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she won many prize and gained her Recital Diploma,
She moved to Hong Kong where she worked as orchestral pianist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and became a repetiteur for the Hong Kong International Arts Festival opera productions.
Catherine moved to Iceland where she worked as a repetiteur for the Icelandic opera company and the National Theatre of Iceland. She was also a vocal coach at the Singing School of Reykjavik. Catherine was also pianist /conductor for the Reykjavik Male Voice Choir.
In the UK, she was a repetiteur at the Buxton Arts Festival opera productions, freelance repetiteur for the Welsh National Opera, and a vocal coach at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. She is also involved in working with the singers and conductors in the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Catherine is also the piano and celeste player for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Member Of
- Independent Society of Musicians. (ISM)
Expertise
- Repetiteur
- Vocal Coach
- Orchestral keyboard player
- Accompanist