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WEBSTER, CATHERINE Catherine Webster
The soprano Catherine Webster is engaged regularly with many
leading early music and chamber ensembles in North America. Deemed one of the
finest rising young singers of baroque repertoire, she has appeared as a
soloist with Tragicomedia, Theatre of Voices, American Baroque Orchestra,
Magnificat, Musica Angelica, Camerata Pacifica, The San Antonio Symphony, Four
Nations Ensemble, Les Voix Baroques, Early Music Vancouver, in the Berkeley and
Boston Early Music Festivals, and in ensemble with American Bach Soloists and
La Chapelle de Quebec with Les Violons du Roy. Active also in contemporary
music, Webster appeared with The Kronos Quartet in Terry Rileys Sun Rings and
with Theatre of Voices and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in John Adams Grand
Pianola Music. Webster is a frequent collaborator with baroque opera directors
Stephen Stubbs and Paul ODette, appearing under their direction in Festival Vancouvers
production of Monteverdis L'Incoronazione di Poppea and the premiere of
Matthesons Boris Goudenov for the Boston Early Music Festival. Webster
has toured the U.S. and Holland with Theatre of Voices and recorded with the
group; other recording releases include projects as varied as the music of 17th-century
composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani with Magnificat, and songs of Anton von
Webern with American Baroque Orchestra for radio broadcast. She holds a Master
in Music from the Early Music Institute at Indiana University and has been a
guest faculty member and artist for The San Francisco Early Music Societys summer
workshops and the Madison Early Music Festival.
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