(Katherine Emily Eggar, at the inaugural meeting in 1911 of the Society of Women Musicians which she helped found) She studied piano in Berlin at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory with Klindworth, Brussels at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique with De Greef, and London, and studied composition with Frederick Corder at the Royal Academy of Music, Graduating in 1895.
With singer Gertrude Eaton and musicologist Marion M. Scott, she co-founded the Society of Women Musicians in London in 1911[1] and served as its president in 1914–1915.
"[5] She was very aware of the disadvantages of female composers and musicians, and actively worked to create opportunities for women in the realm of music.
[6] A photo of Eggar is included prefacing a 2022 YouTube video, in which Professors Michele Bozzi, flautist, and Oriella Caianiello, pianist, perform Eggar's Idyll for flute and piano; both musicians teach at the Conservatorio di Musica Niccolo Piccinni of Bari, Italy.
Selected works include: Chamber Piano Voice and Instruments Six songs from Forbes 'Cantus, and I Fancies' (17thC.)