Assistant Organist

Steve Martin

KATE MACPHERSON was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, in 1988, and has been interested in music for many years. After starting the piano when she was 5, and the flute when she 9, she sped through the respective grades, culminating in Grade 8 in both instruments in June 2006. During her A-levels Kate started learning the organ, and has never looked back since! She has been taught by Philip Speirs and latterly Paul Morgan, of Exeter Cathedral, with whom she obtained Grade 8 Organ at a merit of 128 marks; this after only three years of playing

In September 2007 Kate was appointed as Organ Scholar at Holy Cross, and by the summer of the following year she was promoted to Assistant Organist, thus taking responsibility for much of the organ playing within the church. She is also a Senior Organ Scholar of the University of Exeter, and accompanies many recitals within the university and surrounding area. Kate also teaches the piano and flute to school-age children.

Though much of her time is spent at the organ bench, Kate is reading for an LLM Masters degree in International Human Rights Law with a view to specialising in the area of Human Rights from a religious and humanitarian perspective. In her spare time Kate is a keen sportswoman, running in local half marathons, and is also partial to a rather competitive game of tennis!