Kathlyn holds a Performance Diploma from the Mount Royal Conservatory as well as a Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music. She graduated in 2010 with her MMUS from the University of Ottawa. Her teachers have included: William Van der Sloot, Lorand Fenyves, Erika Raum and David Stewart.

She has received awards and bursaries from organizations such as the Kiwanis Music Festival, the Lloyd Carr-Harris Scholarship Foundation, the Aruna and Rupa Anantaraman Scholarship Foundation and the John Gazsi Memorial Fund. Kathlyn also received the top scholarship from the Noreen Young Bursary for the Arts.

She has performed with orchestras such as the Canadian Opera Company, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Winnipeg Symphony. She was the Assistant Concertmaster with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra for 15 seasons. Kathlyn loves teaching music to the next generation of young musicians. As well as having a private teaching studio for many years, she taught violin at Summer Music on the Shannon in Limerick Ireland with fellow violinist David Stewart, was the string coach for the Ottawa Youth Orchestra and coached strings at Deep River Summer Music in Deep River Ontario for many years.

Kathlyn has a deep love of chamber music of all styles and genres. Since 2019, she has played regularly as concertmaster and assistant concertmaster with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. She also performs with the Martin Blanchet Jazz Quintet. Kathlyn will be joining the first violin section of Symphony Nova Scotia in 2026.