As a soloist Katherine Spencer has performed concertos at the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Free Trade Hall Manchester and most recently with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and has given solo recitals at the Birmingham Symphony Hall, Queens Hall Edinburgh and in major concert Halls in Germany, France, Austria and the Czech Republic. She performs regularly for radio stations across Europe on both modern and period instruments, including live broadcasts for Classic FM, solo, chamber and concerto broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and duo recitals for Hessicher Rundfunk. She has also recorded the Brahms Sonatas and Beethoven Trio for the Oxford Classic Label with pianist Sam Haywood and cellist Martin Storey and has many critically acclaimed discs with the Galliard Ensemble of whom she is a founder member.
Her prizes and awards include 1997 Yamaha European Foundation winner, Prize winner in Concertina Praga International Wind Competition, Frederick Bulgin Medal presented by the Worshipful Company of Musicians, Countess of Munster Trust Star Award and a Royal Philharmonic Award.