biography

Noted as a "very expressive soprano" (Opus Colorado), Kathryn Radakovich enjoys a varied career performing works from the modern, classical, baroque, and jazz idioms.

Kathryn can be found singing with the nation’s top vocal ensembles including; Grammy and Pulitzer winning Roomful of Teeth, Lorelei Ensemble, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and Opera Philadelphia Chorus, Oregon Bach Festival Berwick Chorus, and the Philadelphia-based vocal sextet Variant 6.

Upcoming performances in the 2023-2024 season include: “Her Story” with Lorelei Ensemble and the BSO at Tanglewood, soloist in Bach’s BWV 80, Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols",” and Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” with Choral Arts Philadelphia, the world premiere of Christopher Cerrone’s “Beaufort Scales” at Mass MoCA with Lorelei Ensemble, world premiere and album release as featured vocalist on Annie Booth’s chamber jazz album “Flowers of Evil,” “Candlelight Carols” with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and soloist at the Oregon Bach Festival on Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “Mass for the Endangered” under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson.

Kathryn's previous solo engagements have included appearances with Choral Arts Philadelphia in the premiere of previously unpublished Carissimi oratorios and Bach’s Easter Oratorio, two residencies at Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club with The Kathryn Radakovich Quintet playing the music of Nina Simone, Germantown Oratorio Society’s Messiah, Musikanten Montana (Bach's St. John Passion), as Musica & Ninfa in Monteverdi’s Orfeo with Baroque Chamber Orchestra (Stephen Stubbs), with Colorado Chamber Players under the direction of Matthieu Lussier in Messiah, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic in Bernstein: On Stage and Screen, the Victoria Bach Festival in Bach's Magnificat, the Ars Nova Singers in “Mass in Blue”, and in Kevin Padworski's Reflections on a Mexican Garden with Colorado Chorale. 

Equally passionate about music education, Kathryn has nearly two decades of experience teaching classical and jazz voice with students of all ages and experience levels, from grade school (The Philadelphia School) through high school (East High School), to university (Metropolitan State University), and beyond. Whether teaching one-on-one lessons, directing an a cappella vocal ensemble, leading an early music ensemble, or leading masterclasses, Kathryn takes a varied, adaptable, and enthusiastic approach to working with students of music and is also passionate about creating equal access for everyone.