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Katharine Parton (b. 1982)

Katharine Parton is an Australian conductor and composer who champions opportunities for young women conductors. She is currently completing a PhD on conductor gesture and orchestral interaction at the University of Melbourne, having spent three years as Director of Music and Bye-Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. She has received national and international awards recognising the innovative nature of her work on cognition, music and gesture. Her own composition centres on the juxtaposition of the natural world and technology. Her works have been workshopped and performed in England, Scotland and Australia by groups including Voces8 and the Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir.

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