Catriona is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where she
achieved a distinction in both her undergraduate and postgraduate
studies. Since 2010, she has been Principal Oboe of the Welsh
National Opera. Catriona has also appeared as guest principal with
the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Northern
Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Ballet.
Alongside her busy orchestral career, Catriona has enjoyed
performing as a soloist and chamber musician with many ensembles,
including the Orchestra of WNO, Scottish Concert Orchestra, Cardiff
Winds and Gould Trio.
Born in Glasgow, Catriona began learning the oboe with Stephen
West at the age of ten. She was a member of the European Union
Youth Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain,
Camerata Scotland and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. She
was also a woodwind finalist in the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the
Year competition.
During her time at the Academy she collaborated and performed
with the Juilliard School in New York and spent a semester studying
at the Hochschule für Music und Theater, Leipzig.
Catriona has taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music &
Drama since 2012 and, in 2014, was awarded an Associateship of the
Royal Academy of Music.