Cathy Anderson

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is a member of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony and a freelance cellist and teacher based in Kitchener, Ontario.

She has performed with the:

  • St. Lawrence, Penderecki, Borealis and Lafayette String Quartets at the Festival of the Sound and the Elora Festival, and has been broadcast on CBC Radio Two.

She has played solo recitals at:

  • Various colleges and universities in Ontario, and more recently has played duet concerts with bassist (and husband) Brian Baty.

Cathy has performed concertos with:

  • The Consortium Aurora Borealis in Thunder Bay, and with the Wilfrid Laurier University Orchestra, and until recently was a member of the Thunder Bay Symphony and a session lecturer at Lakehead University.

Ventures outside the world of classical music have involved:

  • Playing with a few Guelph bands including Sandcastle Theory, and recording tracks for many different types of artists, from folk to rock and all sorts of unidentified styles in between!

Catherine holds a Master of Music degree from Yale University:

  • Where she studied with Prof. Aldo Parisot and was coached regularly by members of the Tokyo String Quartet.

She received a Bachelor of Music from Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, ON)

Where she studied with cellist Paul Pulford and other members of the Penderecki String Quartet.