Kate Whitley (b.1989) is a composer, pianist, and producer. Awards include a 2015 British Composer Award, a 2014 Borletti Buitoni Trust Special Award and the 2013 Sky Academy Futures Fund Bursary for her work in bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into new contexts.

Kate Whitley is Co-founder and Artistic Director (with conductor Christopher Stark) of The Multi-Story Orchestra, which launched in 2011 with a critically acclaimed performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in the disused multi-storey Peckham Car Park in south east London, to an audience of over 1,500.

NMC launches the app R:STRNG in March 2017. Using fragements of Whitley's 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano as a starting point, this app features a specially devised re-mix by Olugbenga Adelekan, of Mercury Prize nominated band Metronomy. Designed to meet the KS3 and KS4 curriculum, the app provides the remix software for students to create their own re-mixes of Kate's piece using the same techniques as Adelekan.

Debut Discs is NMC’s acclaimed showcase series for the most gifted composers from the British Isles who have a proven and growing reputation, and a strong selection of works from which to create their fi rst full-length portrait album.