Biography

Newfoundland-born Kate Bevan-Baker is a recognized fiddler, classical violinist and singer. She has been playing violin since the age of four and thrives on a variety of musical styles from Celtic to jazz and classical. She holds violin performance degrees from Memorial and McGill Universities, a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, and a PhD specializing in Irish Music on PEI from Concordia University where she was a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Scholar. Kate was the winner of Concordia University's Doctoral Thesis Defense Award in 2018, as well as the recipient of the inaugural Rhona Richman Kenneally Award for the top PhD paper at the Canadian Association for Irish Studies conference in 2018.

Her music performance career has taken her to Russia, across Canada twice with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, to China for the 2010 World Expo representing Canada, the 2010 JUNO Awards performing with Michael Bublé, as well as playing with symphony orchestras and chamber groups across Canada. Kate was the winner of Memorial University’s Concerto Competition in 2009, and represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the National Music Festival that same year. She was the violin mentor at the Canada Games National Artist Program in 2009, where she gave workshops and masterclasses to young musicians from across the country. Kate was a founding member of the Newfoundland-based ECMA-nominated traditional band, The Dardane

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