Katherine is a strategic consultant, musician, writer, coach, facilitator and trainer. She works at the intersections between creative process, social transformation, leadership culture, personal insight and impact. Katherine is also a qualified Relational Dynamics Coach and Action Learning Set facilitator. She is a founder member of UK-based a cappella vocal quartet Mouthful (www.mouthfulway.co.uk) whose work spans performance, song creation and community projects.

Since 2015 she has developed a varied free-lance portfolio combining long term organisational and leadership development in the cultural and voluntary sectors; facilitation and direction of consultative processes; creative practice as a musician and writer; one to one coaching and mentoring; short-term strategic advisory work, speaking engagements and guest lecturing.

In 2021, organisational clients include Music Generation (Ireland), Britten Pears Arts (UK), European Concert Halls Organisation, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, North Yorkshire Music Action Zone, Wicklow County Council and Royal Opera House (UK) – Thurrock Trailblazer.

Katherine is an Associate Coach with Koreo Ltd working on the Big Local Community Leadership Academy; and holds a consultancy role with Santa Marcelina Cultura (Sao Paulo, Brazil). She is Co-Founder and Chair of Sing Up Ltd., and Co-Director of Harmony Associates.

Publications

‘The Magnificent Territory’ – pausing to reflect on a lifetime of working with people and music will be published in the 2021 special edition of the International Journal of Community Music. In 2020, Katherine collaborated with Dr. Dave Camlin and Dr. Helena Daffearn on Group singing as a resource for the development of a healthy public: a study of adult group singing, published with @Springer Nature. In 2017 she co-authored chapters in the Oxford Handbook of Community Music (with Dr. Dave Camlin) and the Oxford Handbook of Policy and Research in Music Education (with Prof. Graham Welch). In 2014 she led the research project commissioned by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation  resulting in the publication of Inspiring Music for All, with Prof. G. Welch, Dr. E. Himonides and Dr. J. Saunders. She has sole authored chapters in Debates in Music Education (Routledge 2012), Making Music in the Primary School (Routledge 2011),  A Practical Guide to Teaching Music in the Secondary School (Routledge 2009), and the Community Music Handbook (Russell House 2005).