Katherine was offered full representation with The Australian Music Centre in 2004. She is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy in composition, studying with Katy Abbott at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Music. Katherine began experimenting with composition in 1998, and studying under a number of accomplished composers including Stuart Greenbaum and Brenton Broadstock, she completed a Bachelor of Music (2002, University of Melbourne) and a Master of Music (2009, Sydney Conservatorium) majoring in Composition.  

Katherine’s music has been performed both Nationally and Internationally in a number of concerts. Her music has been described by audience members and critics as:

“intellectual and moving”

“original and full of thought”

“a truly individual voice in Australian music… The concepts are so timeless and relevant to a world needing such expressions at this time.” (AMC examiners report)

In 2006 Katherine's music was featured in a solo concert tour entitled Lucid Dreaming in Melbourne and Sydney. This concert showcased fifteen of her original works for strings, piano, chamber ensemble and film. In the previous year she was selected to participate in the Symphony Australia's Composer Development Program with Richard Mills and Orchestra Victoria. She has also previously been selected for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Program where her work for orchestra Remembering Kindness, was performed and recorded by the MSO and later went on to win the Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Award, 2003.

Katherine’s music has also been nominated for a number of other awards including best film score for the Golden Eye Award (2004), the APRA Professional Development Award 2009 and best soundtrack for the RMIT Creative Media Screen Awards (2003).

Katherine’s music is thematic and emotive in style, drawing inspiration from visual, emotional, literary and political ideas. She writes: 

My music tells a story. It seeks to portray musically a fragment of the human experience – be it the wonder at the beauty of a flower, or the wandering of the mind into dreaming and fantasy. Above all it seeks to stimulate the imagination and provoke reflection.