Background
Roche, Catherine Mary was born on November 27, 1922 in Salt Lake City. Daughter of Maurice Augustine and Marie Joanna (Osborne) Roche.
Roche, Catherine Mary was born on November 27, 1922 in Salt Lake City. Daughter of Maurice Augustine and Marie Joanna (Osborne) Roche.
Student, Royal Conservatory Music, Toronto, Canada, 1943. Bachelor, University Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1944. Bachelor of Sacred Music, Manhattanville College, 1965.
Bachelor of Music Education, Manhattanville College, 1967. Master of Arts in Education, University San Francisco, 1967. Postgraduate, Indiana University, 1985.
Postgraduate, University Pacific, 1998. Certified in kodaly, Holy Name College, 1992.
Teacher, Society of Sacred Heart, Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver, and Winnipeg, Canada, 1946-1968;
teacher music, art, College Sophie Barat, Montreal, Quebec, 1968-1970;
teacher music, Academy Sacred Heart, Montreal, Quebec, 1970-1971;
teacher music, art, St. Paul's School, Montreal, Quebec, 1971-1979;
teacher music, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1979-1982;
teacher music, Sir Wilfrid Laurier H.S. and Sir William Hingston H.S., Montreal, 1982-1984;
private practice, Montreal, 1984-1989;
supervisor school education, U. Pacific, Stockton, California, 1990-1993;
instructor symphonic literature, U. Pacific, Stockton, California, since 1993. Kodaly specialist St. George School, Stockton, 1991-1998. Commercial actor and model, 1996-1998.
Lecturer in field.
Organizer, secretary Liturgical Society, Halifax, Vancouver, 1956-1957. Organizer education projects Filmore District, San Francisco, 1966-1967. Active prison programs Stoney Mountain Prison, Winnipeg, 1967-1968.
Member American Association Kodaly Educators, Music Educators National Conference, College Music Society, International Society Music Education, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Delta Kappa.