Katherine Dobbs is a mezzo-soprano from Houston, Texas, and is a Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts. In May of 2024 she graduated with her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, studying under Dr. Robin Rice. At Rice she performed as Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Filipievna (Olga cover) in Eugene Onegin, Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea and Mrs. Jones in Street Scene. While at Rice she won 2nd place in the Houston Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s Career Grant Competition (2023). In 2022 she earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance along with minors in German & Italian from DePauw University. At DePauw she performed as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice, Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief, Die Knusperhexe in Hänsel und Gretel, and Madame de la Haltière in Cendrillon. Past summer engagements include the performance of Ježibaba in LAH-SOW’s Rusalka (2023), the position of Studio Artist in Music Academy of the West’s Lehrer Vocal Institute (2023), and the position of Intermediate Artist in Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices (2020-2023).