Katherine Joan Balfour Dickson (21 December 1921 – 9 October 1994) was a Scottish cellist and cello teacher.
[1][2] She worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London.
She was also a notable performer, giving many duo recitals with her longtime partner Joyce Rathbone.
Joan also collaborated regularly with her sister Hester, who was also a pianist, and a piano accompaniment lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland until 2014.
Her students included Moray Welsh, Ian Hampton, Melissa Phelps, Alexander Baillie, Richard Harwood, Andrew Shulman, Ruth Beauchamp and Louisa Tuck.