Katie felt that Bradfield truly nurtured her talent as a musician. She listed the almost limitless and varied opportunities to practice and perform; lunchtime concerts, end of term concerts, summer term performances in the Greek Theatre, Jazz on a Summer’s Evening as well as scholars’ concerts. She highlights one particular performance in her final year at Bradfield;
‘The Scholars’ Concert in the Jacqueline du Pre Building, St Hilda’s College encompassed everything that I wanted to do, I had the opportunity to sing and play multiple genres of pieces on my violin, it was the perfect concert for me.’
Katie’s performance talent was not restricted to music as she spent as much time on stage in drama performances as she did in musical. Relishing the opportunity to be on stage, she was involved in all the major performances during her time at the College. She played Juliet in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, which she admits was massive, a real ‘dream role’ it required much dedication and versatility, however she loved every second of it. In 2017 she was in the cast of ‘Persae’, performing a whole play in Greek, script and song. Then in 2018 she played the role of Judas in ‘Godspell’. A darker role, Katie embraced the challenge of being such a different character. When she started at the College she didn’t think that she would have done such a role justice but Bradfield gave her the confidence to try something different and left her willing to take on anything. This mentality still drives Katie to this day.
