Dr Kate Blackstone is a music psychologist dedicated to inspiring early career musicians to find their own success and create fulfilling lives with music. She holds a PhD from the University of Leeds, where she completed a study exploring the career aspirations and transitions of conservatoire graduates. Since then she has been a member of research groups based at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Royal Northern College of Music, University of Leeds and Lucerne School of Music, as well as holding a research post at Nucleo, a music for social action non-profit.

A conservatoire graduate herself, Kate studied at the RNCM and the University of Manchester before building a freelance music career, combining a busy teaching schedule with regular performance engagements as a clarinettist. As a founder member of the Kaleidoscope Orchestra, Kate is equally at home playing to crowds of thousands of clubbers in Liverpool’s Sefton Park as she is playing contemporary music for fun amongst friends. 

Kate manages YCAT’s 21^st Century Musician programme of career development events and resources.

Contact

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