Cathryn read music at the University of York, where she continued her studies into the performance of 17th-century instrumental music, completing a DPhil in 1999. Cathryn runs the education programme at the National Centre for Early Music, aiming to make early music exciting and accessible for everyone. In past years she has invaded the city of York with 180 primary school children, singing and playing music from the English Civil War; she has written and performed adaptations of the York Mystery Plays with pupils of York’s special schools and danced Pavans and Galliards with enthusiastic people of all ages.

Cathryn also works in the West Midlands as a freelance workshop leader and as the manager of Singworks, a youngchoirs.net project which aims to help establish a vibrant culture of singing together amongst young people in Worcestershire. Cathryn still manages to find time to play her recorder, and occasionally performs with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists and harpsichordist Robert Howarth.

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