Meet Katherine

Katherine Forbes is a Nashville-based designer, educator, and creative whose work lives at the intersection of music, technology, and digital strategy.

She is the founder of Designing the Row®, a web design agency trusted by GRAMMY-winning musicians, best-selling authors, and small businesses spanning many industries.

In addition to her agency work, Katherine serves as an adjunct professor at East Tennessee State University, where she teaches branding and music marketing. Her curriculum, developed from the ground up, blends practical marketing skills with real-world industry experience. Her workshops and presentations have been featured by the Music Business Association, YELP, Nashville Design Week, and more.

Now, after years of helping others build their online presence, Katherine is stepping fully back into her first language: music. A classically trained pianist with a dual degree in Music Technology and Piano Performance from Virginia Tech, she performs ‘Life Lessons Learned Through Music,’ a keynote that merges piano performance and storytelling, alongside her growing catalog of contemporary solo piano compositions.

Katherine’s mission is to help people express who they are — creatively, visually, and emotionally — whether through the websites she designs, the students she teaches, or the music and stories she brings to the stage.