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, Moving Parts for Fujiwara Dance and the Elementary Teachers of Toronto.

Cathy was nominated for the 2020 Louis Applebaum Composers Award and has been nominated for five DORA awards.

Cathy completed a Master’s degree in Critical Studies in Improvisation at the University of Guelph in spring 2024. Her area of research interest is how improvisation can inspire individuals and mobilize groups to action on climate justice in (so-called) Canada.