Music
Kathryn is a singer, composer, and recording engineer who also plays piano, viola, harmonica, guitar, koto (a traditional Japanese instrument), taiko and other Japanese percussion, and Renaissance harp.
She holds a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures with an emphasis in Japanese from the University of Southern California (2013) and an M.Mus in Music Technology and Digital Media from the University of Toronto (2017).
Kathryn specializes in music for short films and animation and also writes for the Velvet Green Music film music library.
Aside from scoring for film, Kathryn writes art songs, choral music, chamber music, and music for theatre, and performs as a guest member of the Canada Chikushikai Koto Ensemble.
キャサリンはピアノ、ヴィオラ、ハーモニカ、ギター、琴、太鼓、ハープを弾いている歌手/作曲家/録音エンジニアです。
2013年に南カリフォルニア大学から日本語の学士号をもらって、2017年にトロント大学の「音楽技術とデジタルメディア」って言うプログラムを卒業しました。
Film Composition
Original scores for various film projects and documentaries.
Upcoming Concerts & Performances
Recording
Vocals, musician, songwriting,
& engineering (recording/mixing/mastering).
Concert Pieces
Sheet music available for purchase. Contact for details.
Poems She Marked
Originally a song cycle, now being reworked as a musical.
Awakened Love - available as Erhu solo or Viola solo
I Had No Time To Hate, Because - TTBB
A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky - Choral SATB
Nagoya Lullaby - duet for Viola and Clarinet
Heart, We Will Forget Him - trio for Soprano, Piano, and Flute
A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky - String Quartet
June 2, 2024 @ 4 PM "Nagoya no Komoriuta/Nagoya Lullaby" Black Squirrel Club
performed by the Relâche Ensemble at Re | FLEX Philadelphia, PA
Cancelled due to "Musical Mosaic" Midday Concert Series Toronto, ON, Canada
COVID-19 at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
November 7-10, 2019 Wavestage Theatre's "The Secret Garden" Newmarket, ON, Canada
April 30, 2019 Michael Garron Hospital Toronto, ON, Canada
(with Linda Caplan)
March 3 & 4, 2018 JCCC Spring Festival Toronto, ON, Canada
(with Canada Chikushikai Koto Ensemble)
March 18, 2018 Chikushi School Concert Fukuoka, Japan
(with Canada Chikushikai Koto Ensemble)
TBD