Kitchener-based Dr. Kathryn Ladano is an award winning bass clarinetist, the winner of the most recent Distinguished Alumni Award from Conrad Grebel University College. Kathryn was the director of NUMUS for many years, and specializes in contemporary music and free improvisation in solo and chamber settings. She has released four albums, including the one this noon hour concert features. Kathryn’s work regarding brain injuries is specifically tied to a piece she commissioned, performed, and recorded, called "Anatomy of the Recovering Brain." The piece is a 60-minute solo work which was composed for Kathryn by Frank Horvat as an integral part of her recovery journey. It is thematically about brain injuries and tells the stories of six different survivors, including her own story.
