Katherine Dobbs

• Inducted as a junior into Pi Kappa Lambda in 2021
• GCC Series - The Art of Art Song in 2020, 1st place
• GCC Series - The Art of Opera in 2020, 2nd place
• NATS National Student Auditions in 2020, 3rd place
• Great Lakes Regional NATS in 2020, 1st place
• Great Lakes Regional NATS in 2020, Jon Vickers Award: Most outstanding 1st/2nd year singer, classical
• Classical Singer Competition in 2019, national finalist
• Won the Miller Music Education Scholarship in 2018

Katherine Dobbs is an American mezzo-soprano in her final year of undergraduate studies at the DePauw School of Music. At DePauw She has had the privilege to portray many dynamic characters in their productions, such as Madame de la Haltière in Cendrillon, Miss Marietta Shingle in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, die Knusperhexe in Hänsel und Gretel and Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief. She will be performing as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice in the spring of 2022. She has now attended the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices twice, which is a prestigious program run by Dolora Zajick. She is now preparing for graduate program auditions, and her senior year recital.

​Ms. Dobbs has always had a passion for the stage. When she was little, she participated in KidStage productions and was an active choral member in the Lawrence Community Girl Choir. She then began her classical training in middle school with private piano and music theory lessons with Erin Krebs at the age of 12 and building her solo repertoire with private voice lessons with Carol Jegen at the age of 13. While studying with Erin Krebs and in Ms. Jegen's private voice studio, Katherine was involved in many musicals, plays, and eventually three choirs during her time attending Appleton West High School. During this time, she also attended the Renaissance School for the Arts, where she regularly took classes in acting, directing, stage presence, ballroom dance, stage combat, and improvisation for four years.

Once entering DePauw University, she studied voice under the combined guidance of Caroline Smith, Kerry Jennings, and Thomas King. During this time, she also was regularly coached and accompanied by Amanda Hopson. She also developed a passion for languages, resulting in a minor in German Studies and another minor in Italian Cultural Studies. She now also plans to take two semesters of French during her senior year to become a well-rounded linguist. Besides focusing on music, she academically challenges herself daily, and has been on the Dean's List every semester.

​While Katherine Dobbs currently resides in Indiana for her studies, her home for many years has been in Wisconsin. She was originally born in Houston, Texas, but eventually moved to the northern Midwest with her family when she was 6 years old. Now she is excited to see where her graduate studies will take her in 2022.

Daring and bold, Katherine Dobbs completely transforms the very moment she steps foot onstage.