Katie-Bethan, 23, studied the viola with Matthew Souter and the violin with Nicholas Miller at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 2009. She became a member of the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music when she was thirteen and, on leaving, was awarded the Freida Dinn String Prize for best string player of the year. She was also a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Katie-Bethan divides her time between Newcastle and London and is beginning a mixed career of playing popular and African music as well as classical, singing, educational work, and travelling. She has recently performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola in E flat major at a Rush Hour Concert, conducted by Stephen Barlow.
