Katherine Findlay has been an elementary string and primary music educator in the Irvine Unified School District for 5 years. Ms. Findlay currently teaches elementary strings at five schools, with a student population of over 800 students. She received degrees in bass performance and music education before completing her teaching credential at California State University, Long Beach. Katherine graduated Cum Laude from CSULB where she was the principal bassist and an active member in the Bob Cole Conservatory Orchestra.
Ms. Findlay also teaches for the Long Beach Unified School District’s Harmony Project, a nonprofit organization that enables disadvantaged youth to transcend the challenges of childhood through music. She was recently awarded the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Rising Star award. Other notable experiences include acting as assistant orchestra manager for Bolshoi Ballet when they performed in Los Angeles, as well as teaching bass for the Affetti Music Camp in Anchorage, Alaska.