[1] Born in Middlesbrough, Caroline Dale studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Florence Hooton,[2] and later with Pierre Fournier in Geneva.
In 1998 she appeared on the debut recording of Ghostland, a trio also including producer John Reynolds and guitarist Justin Adams, fusing classical with contemporary styles, featuring lead vocals by Sinéad O’Connor, Cara Dillon and Jane Siberry.
Also in 2002, Dale released Such Sweet Thunder, an album of classical music with performances of Handel's Sarabande from the D-minor harpsichord suite, and the Largo from Vivaldi's E minor Cello Sonata.
[9][10] She performed with David Gray during the "Live in Slow Motion" tour and again in 2014, and she contributed and played on his album Skellig, released in February 2021.
Scores featuring her playing include Truly, Madly, Deeply, Hilary and Jackie (about the life of Jacqueline du Pré), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, as well as the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and 2007's Atonement, in which she plays the solo cello part in Marianelli's Elegy for Dunkirk.