Canadian Soprano, Katy Clark
Bio
Canadian Soprano Katy Clark has become known for her versatility as an interpreter of contemporary music, oratorio, art song, opera, musical theatre, and ensemble repertoire. She recently placed second, and won the City of Brandon Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work, at the 2023 Eckhardt-Grammatté National Music Competition. She was the winner of the 2020 Jim and Charlotte Norcop Prize in Song, and has also won prizes in the Harold Haugh Light Opera Competition, the Sheila and Marla Zack Competition, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Katy was a recipient of the 2017-2018 Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency at the Royal Conservatory, and has performed as a soloist with companies such as the Amici Chamber Ensemble, Michigan Opera Theatre, Shoestring Opera, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. She has appeared as a soloist at the Stratford Summer Music Festival, the Elora Festival, the Indian River Music Festival, and the Huron Waves Festival.. She performs regularly with the Canadian Opera Company Chorus, The Elora Singers, and the 8-voice a-capella ensemble Opus 8, and she is a former member of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. Katy holds a DMA from the University of Toronto, where her research focused on the operas of John Beckwith and James Reaney.
Katy appears as a featured soloist on the Leaf Music album A Woman's Voice: Songs and Duets for Voice and Piano, which explores the vocal music of Canadian composer Alice Ping Yee Ho. This Spring, she will be appearing as "Water" in the premiere of Stephanie Martin's Water: An Environmental Oratorio with the Grand Philharmonic Choir and the Kitchener Waterloo-Symphony.
