Katharine Parton

Katharine Parton (born 1982) is a British-Australian composer, conductor and researcher and was the first female Director of Music at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[1][2] She has multiple sclerosis.[3]

Education

Parton received early musical training in both Melbourne, Australia and Sunderland, UK attending government schools including The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School.[4][5] She studied clarinet performance, vocal studies and conducting at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne studying with John Hopkins. She later received her PhD from The University of Melbourne for her research into conductor / orchestral musician gesture and social cognition.[6][7][8][9] During her PhD she also studied at Royal Northern College of Music and The University of Cambridge.[10]

Career

Parton has held positions in both the UK and Australia, most notably as the first female Director of Music at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, a position she held from 2014 to 2017.[11] Whilst Director of Music she curated the College's Menuhin Centenary Celebrations[12] which included a new scholarship, performances from the Fitzwilliam Quartet, an In Conversation event with Humphrey Burton, student performances and a summer school with former Menuhin student Akiko Ono.[13][14] Parton is active as a composer being published by Encore Publications and within the Multitude of Voyces volumes[15][16].

Publications (music)
  • 2023 'Lux Perpetua No Later Light' for SATB (Encore Publications)
  • 2022 'The Floods' for SSAATTBB (Encore Publications)
  • 2022 'Forsake Me Not' for SATB and open score single line instrument (Encore Publications)
  • 2020 'Gaudebat et Ridebat' for SATB and drum (Multitude of Voyces)

Publications (academic)
  • Epistemic stance in orchestral interaction[17]
  • Features of conductor gesture[18]

References
  1. "Contact | Fitzwilliam College Cambridge". www.fitz.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. "Fitz seeks Director of Music". www.fitz.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. "‎MS Understood: Ep. 8 Katharine Parton on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. "Women of the Portrait Gallery". Mac.Rob Foundation. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  5. "Guest Composer of the Month – Tamsin Jones". Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  6. "Encore Publications - Welcome to Encore Publications". www.encorepublications.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  7. "Katharine Parton - Continuo". 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  8. "Linguistics Jobs: Interview with a Conductor". www.superlinguo.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  9. "DSpace Angular :: Browsing Minerva Access by Author "Parton, Katharine Louise Nancy"". minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  10. (PDF) https://www.tso.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/katharineparton_bio.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Fitz seeks Director of Music". www.fitz.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  12. "Opening the door: the Menuhin centenary". Rhinegold. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  13. "Two Yehudi Menuhin awards". www.fitz.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  14. "MUSICSPACE Violin Course". Akiko Ono Violin 小野明子 ヴァイオリニスト. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  15. "Encore Publications - Welcome to Encore Publications". www.encorepublications.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  16. "Multitude of Voyces Registered Charity Number 1201139 - Volume 3 Advent to Candlemas". www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  17. Parton, Katharine (2014-08-08). "Epistemic stance in orchestral interaction". Social Semiotics. 24 (4): 402–419. doi:10.1080/10350330.2014.929389. ISSN 1035-0330. S2CID 144514475.
  18. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260264557. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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