As a soloist Kathy has performed in Australia, USA, China, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom, appearing at Barbican Hall, London, St James Piccadilly, St Mary’s Perivale Town Hall of Birmingham, Melbourne Recital Centre, ABC Iwaki Auditorium, South Melbourne Town Hall, State Library of Victoria, Government Ballroom House of Western Australia. She has collaborated with organisations such as Sofar Sounds, Mousikos, the Ribble Valley International Piano Festival, & the International Holland Music Sessions to name a few. 

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Kathy is the first prize winner of the 2018 Birmingham International Piano Competition and the Phillip Crawshaw Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Musician from Overseas at the 2019 Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition in London. She was a semifinalist in the 2019 Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition, and has been a recipient of the 2019 Tait Trust Awards, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Elizabeth McComas Piano Scholarship and the University of Melbourne’s Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Scholarship. She has also won prizes and been a finalist in the Glass Sellers Beethoven Prize, Melbourne Recital Centre Great Romantics Competition, Australian Youth Classical Competition, 3MBS Young Performer of the Year Award, Australian National Piano Award, and the John Allison Henderson Piano Scholarship, and has taken masterclasses with internationally renowned artists including Peter Frankl, Bernd Geotzke, Aquiles delle Vigne, Victor Rosenbaum, Joanna MacGregor, Steven Osborne and Ralf Gothoni.

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As a chamber and collaborative pianist, Kathy has performed with the Armorel Piano Trio at many concert venues including St Johns Waterloo, Milton Court Concert Hall, St Mary’s Perivale, & St Barnabas Church. She regularly collaborates with instrumentalists and singers for performances, auditions, and exams across Scotland and the UK.

 

Kathy is extremely passionate about music education and has worked with various organisations including Music Traveler, National Youth Choir of Scotland, Reel Kids Music Club. She is currently a Lecturer in Piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Conservatoire, and holds teaching, coaching & accompaniment posts at the Music School of Douglas Academy and Eskine Stewart's Melville Schools.