Catherine Mary Cornish MNZM is a New Zealand music educator, artistic director and choral conductor.

The trust organises the annual Ukulele Festival, which celebrated its tenth birthday in 2016, when it involved 2000 players from 122 schools across New Zealand.

[1] Cornish co-authored the New Zealand Ukulele Handbook for Teachers, with Maria Winder, and the Kiwileles Songbooks series.

[1] Cornish is a mentor in the New Zealand Choral Foundation mentorship programme Singing Matters.

[6] In the 2023 New Year Honours Cornish was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the performing arts.