About Kathryn Aldous
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Phone: 845-758-7587
Kathryn Aldous is a visiting associate professor in the Bard Music Program and the Conservatory of Music. She teaches weekly violin studio classes and serves as Faculty String Coach for the Bard College Community Orchestra.
Born in England, Kathryn won a full scholarship to Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester at 13. She then studied at Christ’s College, Cambridge, as a University Music Award recipient, and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as a Stanley Picker Scholar. During this time, she studied violin with Majiec Rakowski, John Glickman, Howard Davis, and Gillian Sansom and received chamber music coaching from David Takeno, Igor Ozim, Emanuel Hurwitz, and the Amadeus Quartet.
Upon completing her studies, Kathryn joined the English String Orchestra, touring Europe with Yehudi Menuhin, Daniel Hope, and Nigel Kennedy and recording for Nimbus. She subsequently moved to the RTÉ National Symphony of Ireland, performing across the symphonic repertoire, including complete cycles of Mahler, Bruckner, Beethoven, and Shostakovich. She also played with the Bolshoi Ballet, Tchaikovsky Perm State Ballet, the crossborder “peace” orchestra Camerata Ireland, and was a member of the orchestra in residence at the Wexford International Opera Festival.
Kathryn was the soloist in the UK premiere of Because for violin and orchestra, conducted by Sir George Martin. As a longtime member of the Irish Film Orchestra, she performed on soundtracks for films such as Ella Enchanted, The Butcher Boy, and The Tailor of Panama, and with artists including U2, The Corrs, and Katie Melua.
Since moving to the United States in 2010, Kathryn has performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now (TŌN), Albany Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and is currently guest associate concertmaster of the Binghamton Philharmonic. Her recent chamber music engagements include performances with the Da Capo Chamber Players, Albany Symphony String Quartet, and as a soloist for the Audible podcast of Edith Wharton’s Glimpses of the Moon.
Kathryn plays a Michiel De Hoog violin made for her in 1999.