Katherine Goforth
Instructor
Vocalist
American vocalist Katherine Goforth shares the “thrilling tenor power” (Opera News) of her “noble, colorful and iridescent vocal sound” (Magazin Klassik) in vivid character portraits and heartfelt performances that “[do] not hold back” (The New York Times).
Katherine is the recipient of Washington National Opera’s inaugural True Voice Award for transgender and non-binary singers and of the Career Advancement Award from the fourth Dallas Symphony Orchestra Women in Classical Music Symposium, and received critical acclaim for her role in Philip Venables and Ted Huffman’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions at Manchester International Festival, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Bregenzer Festspiele.
Katherine was a member of the International Opera Studio of Oper Köln, received her Bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College and her Master’s degree from the Juilliard School. She teaches at Clark College in Vancouver, WA, and is active as a creative and performing artist. For more information, please visit katherinegoforth.com