Katelyn Vander Baan
Operations Manager
Katelyn Vander Baan is a compelling and engaging violist. She obtained her BA in Music for viola from Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts in 2022. She was the principal violist of the Gordon Symphony orchestra from August of 2021 to May of 2022. Katelyn started her viola career when she was five years old. She had a passion for classical music from a young age, growing in her musicianship and technical skill all up through her years in primary and secondary school. She has a deep appreciation for orchestral and chamber music, performing with the Gordon College Symphony Orchestra, the college’s chamber music program with several different chamber groups, sang in the college choir and performed in the symphony orchestra while working on her bachelor’s degree.
Katelyn is a pop-improvisational violist, and she made her Spotify debut in 2021, recording with Jen Aldana on her song “Trust in You,” and performing with Jen at Soulfest in New Hampshire in August of 2021 and 2022. As a young violist, she learned to love improvisation and performing in bands with guitarists, drummers, and vocalists. Ever since her love for improvisation budded, it has grown into a fierce love for the art. She recently released her first solo album, Isaiah 38:20, this past May.
Katelyn has a deep passion for all the arts. She recently spear-headed a project between musicians and visual artists, putting on a concert where the artists based works off pieces that the musicians were working on. She also enjoys working on her own visual art. Visual art and music is something that she finds close to her heart and loves the connection the two have to one another. Katelyn served as Operations Manager from 2022 to 2023, and is thrilled to be returning to this role.
Appointed August 2025
Operations Manager
Katelyn Vander Baan is a compelling and engaging violist. She obtained her BA in Music for viola from Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts in 2022. She was the principal violist of the Gordon Symphony orchestra from August of 2021 to May of 2022. Katelyn started her viola career when she was five years old. She had a passion for classical music from a young age, growing in her musicianship and technical skill all up through her years in primary and secondary school. She has a deep appreciation for orchestral and chamber music, performing with the Gordon College Symphony Orchestra, the college’s chamber music program with several different chamber groups, sang in the college choir and performed in the symphony orchestra while working on her bachelor’s degree.
Katelyn is a pop-improvisational violist, and she made her Spotify debut in 2021, recording with Jen Aldana on her song “Trust in You,” and performing with Jen at Soulfest in New Hampshire in August of 2021 and 2022. As a young violist, she learned to love improvisation and performing in bands with guitarists, drummers, and vocalists. Ever since her love for improvisation budded, it has grown into a fierce love for the art. She recently released her first solo album, Isaiah 38:20, this past May.
Katelyn has a deep passion for all the arts. She recently spear-headed a project between musicians and visual artists, putting on a concert where the artists based works off pieces that the musicians were working on. She also enjoys working on her own visual art. Visual art and music is something that she finds close to her heart and loves the connection the two have to one another. Katelyn served as Operations Manager from 2022 to 2023, and is thrilled to be returning to this role.
Appointed August 2025
