Kate Bennett Haynes studied chamber music with Robert Levin and cello with Rhonda Rider while earning her Bachelor's degree in Scandinavian Studies from Harvard College. She later studied modern cello with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory and baroque cello with Jaap ter Linden at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. Currently based in Toronto, she has performed with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Aradia Ensemble, and the New York based Clarion Music Society. Kate is a member of the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble, Boston Hausmusik, and the Rosetta Trio, a newly formed string trio dedicated to historical performance of all periods.