Multi-award winning musician, composer, academic and arts leader
Kathryn is a musician and academic working in the areas of folk performance and composition. Kathryn has recently returned to Australia after working on a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her research and performance work focuses on communal and ubiquitous musical traditions connected to local ecologies and the cycles of nature.
Upcoming performances and speaking events
Ubiquitous Tunes in Early Modern England. Presentation with Professor Kirsten Gibson and Dr Oskar Cox Jensen at the Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs conference, English Folk Dance and Song Society, London, November 2025.
Trad Youth showcase, Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli, January 2026.
SCM Folk Ensemble, National Folk Festival, Canberra, April 2026.
Featured Video - Hold Thy Peace
in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Performed by Shalani Thomas, Kathryn Roberts Parker and George Teasdell
Sounds of Cliffs and Seas
An EP of ambient strings, experimental sounds and plucked meditations in telling the tales of a child’s interaction with animals on the ice and in the water.
Featured Interview
October 2021
With ABC’s The Music Show
British Folk from a Yorkshire Valley and Shakespeare’s Globe
Testimonials
“Her music is delicious, aural enjoyment.”
— Judith Greenaway, Sydney Arts Guide.
“Kathryn’s leadership is outstanding.”
— Dr Peter Binks, former CEO of the John Monash Foundation
Get in touch
Kathryn works as a musician, composer and dramaturg on a project basis, depending on availability.