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Mezzo-soprano Katherine Dobbs as Orfeo in DePauw School of Music's Orfeo ed Euridice, 2022

Past Highlights

2024-2025 Season

Began as a First-Year Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in pursuit of an Artist Diploma

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2022-2023 Season

Started her graduate studies at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music

Mrs. Jones ● Kurt Weill's Street Scene

The Shepherd School of Music

Spirit of the Season

The Shepherd School of Music

MetLiveArts Artist Lecture "Honor"

Moody Center for the Arts

2nd Place ● G&S Career Grant Competition

Gilbert & Sullivan Houston Society

Master's Recital I

The Shepherd School of Music

Ottavia ● Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea

The Shepherd School of Music

Ježibaba ● Dvorak's Rusalka

LAH-SOW: Rusalka​

Studio Artist ● Lehrer Vocal Institute

Music Academy of the West

Intermediate Program ● Dolora Zajick's Institute for Young Dramatic Voices

Reno, NV

Mezzo-soprano Katherine Dobbs as Ottavia in The Shepherd School of Music's L'incoronazione di Poppea, 2023

2020-2021 Season

The GCC Series - The Art of Art Song ● 1st place

The GCC Series - The Art of Opera ● 2nd place

Online Indiana State NATS ● 3rd place, Classical

Carmen & Dalila ● Opera Scenes

The DePauw School of Music

Miss Todd ● Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief

The DePauw School of Music

 

Junior Recital

The DePauw School of Music

Inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda ● American honor society for students and professors for music

 

Intermediate Program ● Dolora Zajick's Institute for Young Dramatic Voices

Reno, NV

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2018-2019 Season

Started her undergraduate studies at DePauw University's School of Music

Miller Family Music Education Scholarship ● Awarded by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region

Started her undergraduate studies at DePauw University, The DePauw School of Music

Indiana State NATS ● 2nd place, Classical

Madame de la Haltière ● Massenet's Cendrillon

The DePauw School of Music

Great Lakes Regional NATS ● 2nd place, Classical

Meghan Parker Award ● for the most outstanding first-year vocalist at the DePauw School of Music

Classical Singer Competition ● National Finalist, Classical

Mezzo-soprano Katherine Dobbs as Madame de la Haltière in DePauw School of Music's Cendrillon, 2019

2023-2024 Season

Arias & Asides

The Shepherd School of Music

Olga ● Arias & Asides: Onegin Program

The Shepherd School of Music

Dr. Jaber's Songs, Duets, & Arias

The Shepherd School of Music

Olga ● Eugene Onegin Cover Concert

The Shepherd School of Music

Filipievna (Olga cover) ● Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

The Shepherd School of Music

"The Wayfaring Stranger" ● Oliver Dubon's Recital

The Shepherd School of Music

Spirit of the Season

The Shepherd School of Music

Jessie Montgomery's "Five Freedom Songs" ● Timbral Experience: A Black History Month Concert

The Shepherd School of Music

Hans Graf's Vocal Repertoire Masterclass

The Shepherd School of Music

Dr. Jaber's Songs, Duets, & Arias

The Shepherd School of Music

"Welcome to the World" ● Tian Qin's Recital

The Shepherd School of Music

Master's Recital II

The Shepherd School of Music

"Channeling" (2019) ● Daniel Zlatkin's Recital

The Shepherd School of Music

'a star in rude dream' ● Paul Mortilla's Recital

The Shepherd School of Music

Lucretia ● Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia

The Shepherd School of Music

Jenni Brandon's "Love Songs" ● Adrienne Burg's Recital

The Shepherd School of Music

Accessible Sounds: Diversity in Classical Music Concert

The Shepherd School of Music

Paul Mortilla's (spontaneous presence) ● Dzogchen and Tibetan Modernity Conference

Rice University

Commissioned to record four of Bartolomeo Cosenza's compositions

Available on her YouTube channel, @mezzodobbs

Graduated from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance

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2021-2022 Season

Orfeo ● Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice

The DePauw School of Music

Miss Todd ● Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief

Opera Project Columbus

Senior Recital

The DePauw School of Music

G. Hans Grueninger German Award ● For outstanding work in German & German Studies Courses

Graduated from DePauw University's School of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with minors in German Studies & Italian Cultural Studies from DePauw University

Intermediate Program ● Dolora Zajick's Institute for Young Dramatic Voices

Reno, NV

Mezzo-soprano Katherine Dobbs as Orfeo in DePauw School of Music's Orfeo ed Euridice, 2022

2019-2020 Season

Indiana State NATS ● 2nd place, Classical

Miss Marietta Shingle ● A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

The DePauw School of Music

Die Knusperhexe ● Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel

The DePauw School of Music

Great Lakes Regional NATS ● Jon Vickers Award: Most outstanding 1st/2nd year singer & 1st place, Classical

NATS National Student Auditions ● 3rd place, Classical

Intermediate Program ● Dolora Zajick's Institute for Young Dramatic Voices

Reno, NV

Mezzo-soprano Katherine Dobbs as Die Knusperhexe in DePauw School of Music's Hänsel und Gretel, 2020

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