Kate Paine
I live with my partner, daughter, and cat in Meilen, a small village near Zurich, Switzerland. I started piano at age five and haven’t stopped playing, singing, writing, and creating since.
I completed a Bachelor of Music at the University of Queensland and since then I’ve been teaching and performing, in Australia, the UK, and Switzerland. I founded the Discovering Music studio in 2010, with the aim of providing an alternative path into the world of music, one focused firmly on creativity.
My love of music and writing and how they fit together lead me to complete a PhD in Creative Arts, which has opened up a whole new world of how to think about creativity and the creative process. Music and writing are the ideal vehicles for bringing this to all my students.
Music plays such an important role in our family. We’re all musicians (fighting for access to the piano), and music will always be about so much more than playing the right notes.
In Discovering Music, my focus is on providing a warm, creative, and supportive environment, so that my students are introduced to the world of music in such a way that they fall in love with it, just as we did.
To hear me sing and play, go to Kate Paine Sings or Soundcloud
My other great love is writing. As well as Discovering Music, I have an English writing consultancy, in which I specialise in developmental editing and collaborative writing, and coach in all aspects of writing and research skills for students and professionals at every level of proficiency . To find out more go to Writing and Research Skills To find out more about my newsletter, which combines my love of writing and music, go to Discovering Music
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University, Melbourne
- Master of Arts by research, Dept of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne
- Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing, Deakin University
- Bachelor of Music, University of Queensland, Brisbane
