Originally from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Katherine is a graduate of the GRNCM/MusB 'Joint Course', run between the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester, where she studied violin with Julia Hanson and conducting with Robert Guy. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a first-class honours degree in July 2020 and was awarded the GRNCM diploma in July 2021.

Through her work as a conductor, Katherine aims to cultivate a stimulating musical environment which inspires musicians to perform with commitment and energy, and therefore create engaging performances that have a powerful impact on audiences. Having trained as an orchestral violinist and chamber musician, she believes it is important as a conductor to treat all music making as a collaborative process, where everyone’s
contributions are valued and musical risk taking is encouraged.

In July 2021, Katherine made her professional conducting debut at the Buxton International Festival, where she conducted three performances of Jonathan Dove's community opera 'The Enchanted Pig', working alongside a cast and creative team of fellow students and alumni from the University of Manchester. Following this, she was selected to participate in a masterclass at the Royal Opera House, working on excerpts from Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro' with Alice Farnham, Sian Edwards and Jessica Cottis. She has also worked as an assistant conductor with Heritage Opera (‘Cosi Fan Tutte’, June 2019) and the West of England Youth Orchestra (January 2019), and participated in a masterclass with Mark Heron, Clark Rundell and the BBC Philharmonic (September 2019). Other conductors she has attended masterclasses with include Jonathan Mann, Toby Purser, John Longstaff and Amy Bebbington.

Katherine enjoys working with student and amateur ensembles and her experience ranges from symphonic repertoire to wind orchestras and chamber choirs. She was musical director of the Crosby Capriol Singers for three years, before recently taking up the post of principal conductor with the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also worked as a guest conductor with groups including the Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Square Chapel in Halifax and Salford Symphony Orchestra. Katherine is the co-founder and principal conductor of the Manchester Philharmonic Orchestra.