About Katrina

Katrina is a Filipino soprano, conductor, and arts administrator in Austin, TX. 

2023-2024 features Katrina with her vocal quintet VAMP in Between the Worlds as the season opener for KMFA Classical 89.5’s Offbeat Series. Following that, Katrina sings the soprano solo in “Aurora” by the legendary Icelandic singer Björk, a new arrangement by Benjamin Dia, with new music groups Inversion Ensemble and Density512. She performs in Don’t Blink: An Evening of New Music, a recital with trumpet player Kenken Gorder and pianist Benjamin Dia, singing the music of Susan Kander and Beth Wiemann. She then shares the stage with Inversion Artistic Director Trevor Shaw, co-conducting Inversion’s youth choir Nova in Zoology. She joins VAMP in a concert presented by Austin Classical Guitar, singing the world premiere of works by Joe Williams and of celebrated Indian-American composer Reena Esmail. After that, she performs again with VAMP in a concert presented by Austin Community College as part of its Find Your Voice series. Katrina then makes her directorial debut of the professional soprano alto choir Da Capo in a joint concert, with the Inversion family of ensembles, that centers immigrant and refugee voices. In that concert, Da Capo premieres works by Inversion in-house composers Benjamin Dia (“Canto del viajero”) and Adrienne Inglis (“The Way We Meet”). Katrina will also be singing two world premieres on both days of the 2nd annual indie-classical music festival Here Be Monsters by Tetractys New Music: As part of VAMP, performing “Push” from Invisible Women by Russell Podgorsek, and as the soprano soloist of Inversion, singing “Godric and His Demons” by James Tecuatl-Lee. The season concludes with Katrina joining fellow Austin-based artists for a Pride recital in Studio A.