Biography
Katy is a conductor, arranger, composer and singer based in Glasgow. Katy is Director of Chapel Music at the University of Glasgow and also conducts Glasgow Madrigirls and Scottish Opera's Community Choir. She is Head of marketing, and a tutor for Sing for Pleasure and has also tutored/lectured for Scotland Sings, Glasgow University, Aberdeen University and Strathclyde University.
Katy sings with harmony folk-groups Muldoon’s Picnic and with early music ensemble Sang Scule.
Katy’s arrangements for choir have been published by Sing for Pleasure and Canasg. Recent commissions have included carols for Cavendish Singers and Lancaster Priory (2019), a work for upper voices and marimba for Scottish Voices (2019), and arrangements for the Lost Sound folk choir, Glasgow Madrigirls, Muldoon's Picnic, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Sing for Pleasure. Katy has also completed new pieces and arrangements for feature film, documentary sound tracks and radio and TV broadcasts (BBC).
Originally from Bolton, Katy studied at the University of Glasgow. She completed her doctoral thesis focusing on seventeenth century Scottish vocal music in 2016.
Katy won the Hands up for Trad Community Teacher of the Year award in 2018.
Katy sings with harmony folk-groups Muldoon’s Picnic and with early music ensemble Sang Scule.
Katy’s arrangements for choir have been published by Sing for Pleasure and Canasg. Recent commissions have included carols for Cavendish Singers and Lancaster Priory (2019), a work for upper voices and marimba for Scottish Voices (2019), and arrangements for the Lost Sound folk choir, Glasgow Madrigirls, Muldoon's Picnic, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Sing for Pleasure. Katy has also completed new pieces and arrangements for feature film, documentary sound tracks and radio and TV broadcasts (BBC).
Originally from Bolton, Katy studied at the University of Glasgow. She completed her doctoral thesis focusing on seventeenth century Scottish vocal music in 2016.
Katy won the Hands up for Trad Community Teacher of the Year award in 2018.
