A graduate of the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, Mass; Read returned from Boston in 2012 with a degree in Music Business Management to begin her fiddle school which now has a regular attendance of over 60 students in piano, step-dance and fiddle.

She is a Top 11 Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Invitational Finalist, a Maritime Open Fiddle Champion and a Canadian Junior Fiddle Champion. She is a past Vice President and Chair of the 2015 Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championships and a past President of The Maritime Fiddler’s Association.