Praised by the New York Times for her “crystalline performances, gestural expressiveness, and careful attention to color”, and by the Boston Globe for her “effortless incisiveness”, awardwinning “tour-de- force” (OpusKlassiek, Berkshire Eagle) Dr. Katherine Dowling performs across 
North America and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. Katherine is familiar to audiences through regular appearances at Canada’s major music festivals and concert series, including Ottawa Chamberfest and Stratford Summer Music. She is further familiar as an artist-in-residence at the Orlando Festival (Netherlands) and a resident fellow of the Avaloch Farm Music Institute (USA); as a multi-year fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, a New Fromm Fellow, and a Britten-Pears Young Artist; through extensive involvement and numerous positions at The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; and through multiple national tours under the auspices of the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition. Recent highlights include her recital debuts in Vienna, The Hague, and Rio de Janeiro, and appearing as a concerto soloist with orchestra in repertoire including Benjamin Britten, W.A. Mozart, Colin McPhee, and Florence Price. She has premiered over one hundred new works by composers including Louis Andriessen and John Harbison.

As a soloist, and as a member of the chamber ensemble Gruppo Montebello, Katherine appears on nine critically-acclaimed recordings on the Etcetera label. Her debut solo album “Awake and Dreaming - piano music of Alice Ping-Yee Ho” (Leaf Music) has been celebrated as “impressive…compelling and virtuosic” (Wholenote). Her performances have been broadcast on the BBC (United Kingdom), National Radio 4 (Netherlands), and Radio Canada, and her solo recordings have been featured on the CBC programs “About Time” and “This is my Music”. 

Katherine treasures her collaborative relationships, and is deeply grateful to perform with an international array of celebrated artists. She credits her own teacher, legendary American pianist-pedagogue Gilbert Kalish, and conductors Henk Guittart and Oliver Knussen, as the major influences in her musical life.Prior to joining the faculty at Mount Allison University, Katherine held full-time faculty positions at York University (Toronto) and the University of Regina. She has also loved teaching at the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy Performance Academy for Young Artists (Royal Conservatory of Music); the duo526 Sonata Seminar (Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University); the European Summer Courses for Chamber Music (Netherlands); and GoCompose North America. She is a popular adjudicator, having served in this role at over fifty music festivals across the country, ranging from the Laflèche & District Festival (town population of 312) to the National Finals of the Canadian Music Competition.

Katherine is so pleased to have started her first semester as Assistant Professor in the Music Department at Mount Allison University. For more, and to keep in touch: 

www.katherinedowling.com
@katherinedowlingpian