Katie Trethewey is an English soprano specialising in Baroque and Classical oratorio. A music graduate of Birmingham University, she gained a postgraduate Distinction in singing from Birmingham Conservatoire and now performs worldwide as a soloist and consort singer.
She has appeared regularly as a soloist at major UK venues, including Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, and Symphony Hall, Birmingham. She made her solo debut at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016, performing the Pie Jesu from Fauré’s Requiem. She has performed at the Three Choirs Festival, Brighton Early Music Festival, and the Händelfestspiele in Halle, Germany. Described as ‘sensational’ by Gramophone Magazine, Katie has received critical acclaim for her concert performances, notably Mozart’s Requiem with Ex Cathedra, and Bach’s Mass in B minor with the Academy of Ancient Music.
An established consort singer, Katie regularly works and records with many celebrated UK vocal ensembles, including Ex Cathedra, The Cardinall’s Musick, Dunedin Consort, Ensemble Plus Ultra, the Gabrieli Consort, The Tallis Scholars and Tenebrae. Katie is a featured soloist on Ensemble Plus Ultra’s Grammy-award-winning discs of Victoria’s sacred works and Tenebrae’s critically-acclaimed A Tender Light.
Her 2024 highlights include soprano solo in the première of John Adams’ Vespers of the Blessed Earth with CBSO, Bach’s St John Passion with Ex Cathedra, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Haydn’s Creation, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, and Handel’s Messiah across the UK.
Participation of members of Tenebrae is kindly sponsored by NOĒMA.
