Katie, 16, is Joan’s granddaughter, and has recently moved to the Tidewater area in Virginia. She has studied harp since age 5 with Bette Roth, principal harpist with the Charlotte NC symphony, with Betsey Sesler at Queens University in Charlotte, and is now studying with Elisa Dickon, principal harpist with the Virginia symphony from 1978-1988. She is also playing with a harp ensemble group directed by Ms. Dickon.

Katie has played for many weddings, receptions, open houses, for churches and corporate events. Her last event in North Carolina was to play for Lufthansa Airlines, who paid her with a free roundtrip ticket to anywhere in Europe! During the summer of 2005 she plans to go to a language immersion camp in Spain.

She is looking forward to playing for events in the Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton Roads and Norfolk areas.

For the last 5 ½ years, Katie has sung with an exemplary choir modelled in the Anglican boychoir style. She has played harp accompaniments and sung solos with this group in Charlotte, NC and on tours in the US and in England. In 2005 she is singing with the Chamber Singers of the Virginia Children’s Choir.