KATHARINE MAY - HARPSICHORD
Once described by a critic of the Times as ‘the evening`s feisty and urbane harpsichordist’ Katharine May enjoys a varied career as a performer, teacher and baroque chamber music coach. She has written extensively for Early Music Today, Music Teacher and the British Clavichord Society, with over a hundred reviews and articles published to date. Praised by her contemporaries for her rhythmic energy and sensitivity she has performed widely for music clubs, universities and festivals throughout the UK, Europe and Canada. She has made numerous CDs performing mainly as an accompanist and continuo player, and has featured in a number of television recordings playing authentic keyboard instruments. A prize-winning graduate of the Royal College of Music in London and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, she was for several years an award holder for the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.