Teaching Philosophy: "Music education can have a profoundly beneficial impact on life. Music is a language. When one is able to understand and communicate in this language, they can develop the ability to express themselves in new, creative, and exciting ways. My desire is to equip my students with tools to understand music by incorporating theory, solfeggio, groupings, hidden slurs, long tones, and much more. From this understanding, they will be able to more fully grow into emotional and personal expressivity."
Biography: Katrina has been incredibly fortunate to grow up in a family that values the arts and music. She began playing piano at the age of 7 and oboe when she was 13. After graduating high school, she moved to Philadelphia to pursue a Bachelor of Music, with a double major in Oboe Performance and Music Theory at Temple University. During her time there, she played in numerous ensembles - both large and small. Katrina moved to Boston in 2016 and has since been awarded both a Master of Music and a Performance Diploma from Boston University. While oboe is her primary instrument, she also enjoys playing pop and classical music on the piano.
Numerous summer festivals have allowed Katrina to travel extensively throughout Europe and North America. She has also played and traveled with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. This included a summer tour in Portugal, and more recently, a coast-to-coast celebratory tour across Canada, in honor of her home country's 150th birthday!
Katrina is a Canadian who was born in the Sultanate of Oman. Throughout her travels abroad, she has learned that music is truly a unifying language that connects people and cultures. This sparked her interest in the relationship between language and expressivity in music. When spoken language falls short, Katrina loves to 'sing through her instrument,' and hopes that she can enable her students to do the same.
Katrina began teaching in 2020 and joined Note-worthy Experiences in August 2020, where she teaches online piano and oboe lessons. She was a judge for the 2021 Merit Scholarship Competition and the 2022 Songwriting/Composing Competition.
Biography: Katrina has been incredibly fortunate to grow up in a family that values the arts and music. She began playing piano at the age of 7 and oboe when she was 13. After graduating high school, she moved to Philadelphia to pursue a Bachelor of Music, with a double major in Oboe Performance and Music Theory at Temple University. During her time there, she played in numerous ensembles - both large and small. Katrina moved to Boston in 2016 and has since been awarded both a Master of Music and a Performance Diploma from Boston University. While oboe is her primary instrument, she also enjoys playing pop and classical music on the piano.
Numerous summer festivals have allowed Katrina to travel extensively throughout Europe and North America. She has also played and traveled with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. This included a summer tour in Portugal, and more recently, a coast-to-coast celebratory tour across Canada, in honor of her home country's 150th birthday!
Katrina is a Canadian who was born in the Sultanate of Oman. Throughout her travels abroad, she has learned that music is truly a unifying language that connects people and cultures. This sparked her interest in the relationship between language and expressivity in music. When spoken language falls short, Katrina loves to 'sing through her instrument,' and hopes that she can enable her students to do the same.
Katrina began teaching in 2020 and joined Note-worthy Experiences in August 2020, where she teaches online piano and oboe lessons. She was a judge for the 2021 Merit Scholarship Competition and the 2022 Songwriting/Composing Competition.
