Mezzo-soprano Kathryn Weld has performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Her expertise extends from Baroque ornamentation to bel canto opera, from Mahler’s symphonic song cycles to world premieres of contemporary works. She has made two solo appearances with the New York Philharmonic, one with Charles Dutoit conducting de Falla's Three-Cornered Hat, and the other under the direction of Kurt Masur in Grieg’s Peer Gynt. She made her Carnegie Hall debut to critical acclaim in a performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor with Musica Sacra. Highlights of her recent symphonic work include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Northwest Mahler Festival, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony with the Seattle Youth Symphony, and Berlioz’ Les Nuits d’Ete with Orchestra Seattle. Other northwest regional appearances include those with the Oregon Symphony, the Helena Symphony, the Wyoming Symphony, and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. With the latter she was heard in a live broadcast of Messiah on National Public Radio.
    On the stage, Ms. Weld has appeared with the Seattle Opera, the Regensburg Opera Theater in Germany, Opera Carolina, Tacoma Opera, and the State Repertory Opera of New Jersey, among others. Her roles include Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and the Prince in Cendrillon. This season she portrayed the famous chef Julia Child in the one-woman opera Bon Appetit! by Lee Hoiby in the Annas Bay Music Festival. She performed the title role in the world premier of the opera Kali with Gamelan Pacifica at On The Boards. She was a National Semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. A recent opera review had this to say; “Weld has a remarkable voice, an expressive mezzo with an unusual timbre: full and warm with depth and a light vibrato shaping it.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
    While living in Germany, Ms. Weld was a featured soloist with such prominent ensembles as the Bavarian Radio Choir (Bayerischen Rundfunkchor), the Consortium Musicum of Munich, and the Prague Philharmonic. She has also been featured with the St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra under Nicolas McGegan, the Mark Morris Dance Company, the Sapporo Symphony, and the Osaka Chamber Orchestra in Japan.
    Acclaimed for her interpretations of lieder and contemporary art song, Ms. Weld is a favorite guest artist in chamber music concerts and in recital. She has been featured in the Nordic Heritage Museum Concerts and the Battelle Young Artists Recital in Seattle, 2^nd City Chamber Music and Jacobsen Concerts in Tacoma, YWCA Concerts and the Trinity Recital Series in New York. This season includes her first concerts in Paris, France with internationally renowned accompanist Laurana Mitchelmore, a duo recital with baritone Robert Orth, concerts in Helsinki, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and a 20^th century recital and masterclass to be given at Western Oregon University with Joseph Adam, pianist and organist.
    Weld serves as an Affiliate Artist Voice Faculty at the University of Puget Sound and at Cornish College of the Arts.