Tuition: Cello and Double Bass

Catherine Strachan grew up in Aberdeen, where she benefited from a superb start to her musical education thanks to the local authority music service and local youth orchestras. Catherine studied modern and baroque cello performance with Myra Chahin and Alison McGillivray at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD), and followed this with an MA in baroque performance practice at the University of York.

Catherine is now based in York, where she enjoys a varied career as a freelance cellist and string teacher. She is the cello tutor at York Music Centre and performs regularly with various local ensembles including Otley Baroque, Leeds Baroque and York Guildhall Orchestra. She also recently performed the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Thirsk Sinfonia and will be playing it again with Banbury Symphony Orchestra in May 2023.

Other upcoming projects for 2023 include cello recitals in Aberdeen, York and Boston Spa. Catherine will also be the baroque cello tutor at HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) in Beverley in August 2023.

Tuition enquiries: catherinestrachan@gmail.com