Cathy Nosaty is a musician, composer, musical director and teaching artist.

She began her musical training at age three as a classical pianist and her love of creative collaboration led her to work in dance, theatre, and scoring to picture. Over the past thirty-five years Cathy has written music for over one hundred theatre productions across Canada: her work has been heard on international stages with Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Manitoba Theatre For Young People and DynamO Théâtre. Cathy has scored a dozen documentary films including the The Motherload for CBC Doc Zone and was was Assistant Conductor / Keyboardist for the Toronto company of Jersey Boys.

Cathy is a passionate teaching artist with numerous programs including the After School Opera Program for Canadian Opera Company, Youth Inside Opera program for Tapestry Opera, tdsbCREATES, and The Lullaby Project with Roy Thompson Hall /Jessie’s Centre. She conducted community choirs for Unfolding for Community Arts Guild and Moving Parts for Fujiwara Dance.

Cathy was nominated for the 2020 Louis Applebaum Composers Award and for five DORA awards:

1996    Tinka’s New Dress - Outstanding Sound Design

1999    The Nutmeg Princess, YPT - Outstanding Musical Direction, TYA

2000    Street Of Blood - Outstanding Sound Design

2007    i think i can, YPT - Outstanding Sound Design/Composition, TYA

2018    Flying Hearts, Theatre Direct - Outstanding Performance, Ensemble, TYA

She is presently in her second year of M.A. coursework in the Critical Studies in Improvisation program at the University of Guelph.