Katherine Heater
Since 1996, harpsichordist Katherine Heater
has made her home in the San Francisco bay area where she is
a frequent performer with early music groups such as Magnificat and
the California Bach Society. Ms. Heater received her B.A.
in music from UC Berkeley and her M.M. in historical
performance from Oberlin Conservatory. Thanks to
fellowships from her alma mater and Philanthropic Ventures
Foundation, she studied harpsichord and fortepiano at the
Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. She has performed
throughout the United States, as well as abroad in Iceland,
Taiwan, France and the Netherlands. Her new CD with the
North Carolina-based Ensemble Vermillian features
transcriptions of 17th-century German music for recorder,
viola da gamba, cello, harpsichord and organ.