Katie Barr

Background

About Katie Barr

Katie Barr is an in-demand collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and teacher in the Boston area. Ms. Barr is a studio accompanist at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee and pianist for Opera on Tap - Boston. Upcoming this season, she will join Boston Conservatory Opera as rehearsal pianist for Britten’s Turn of the Screw. This past season, Ms. Barr made her debut with Boston Opera Collaborative and with MassOpera’s production of Die Fledermaus. Recent opera credits include répétiteur for Manitoba Underground Opera’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica; and Hydrogen Jukebox, Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Alcina, The Old Maid and the Thief, and La traviata with Boston Conservatory Opera. Ms. Barr is an accomplished recitalist of art song literature, including performances of Schubert’s Die Winterreise and the Complete Canticles of Benjamin Britten. Recent collaborations include the Brookline Symphony Orchestra, NEMPAC Opera Project, Harvard Pro Musica, Voices Boston, and The Brookline Consort. She also maintains private piano studios with the North End Music & Performing Arts Center and Beaver Country Day School. This past summer, Ms. Barr joined the faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute as a vocal coach and pianist for their Young Artists Vocal Program. She has spent past summers working at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Vancouver International Song Institute, and Ballibay Performing Arts Camp teaching voice and piano. Ms. Barr graduated from Duquesne University with her B.S. in Music Education, and completed her Master’s of Music in Collaborative Piano at The Boston Conservatory.