PianoTexas, Ft. Worth, Texas

Washington International Piano Arts Council Festival of Music |

Final Round, Washington, D.C.

Catherine began her musical studies with Dr. Lynne Lauderdale in Pensacola, Florida.  Formative experiences include a concerto performance with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and summer studies at the Indiana University Piano Academy.    Catherine earned her high school degree in piano performance at the Interlochen Arts Academy.  She spent summers at the Brevard Music Festival studying piano with Douglas Weeks. 

As a chamber musician, Catherine has performed at the Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville, Australia, the Opera and Chamber Music Festival of Lucca, Italy, the Chautauqua Community House in Boulder, Colorado, and Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California.  Catherine studied chamber music with the Takács Quartet, Judith Glyde, James Tocco, and Awadajin Pratt. Masterclass experiences include the Eroica Trio, Fabio Bidini, Malcolm Bilson, Sergei Babayan, and Norma Fisher.  As part of the Palladium Piano Trio, Catherine was a national finalist of the MTNA Chamber Music Competition.

Catherine has served as orchestral pianist for the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, and vocal coach for the Shakespeare Opera Theatre, the Wilmington Choral Society, and the Advanced Vocal Institute at Interlochen Arts Camp.  As Music Director of the Artists in Residence Program of the Pensacola Opera, Catherine performed over 100 outreach events and concerts for diverse audiences across the Gulf Coast, including a children’s opera, an improvised opera, and a newly commissioned opera based on the history of the Pensacola region. 

Catherine holds bachelor (cum laude) and masters degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Frank Weinstock and Richard Fields.  She enjoys brewing kombucha and camping with her family.