Kate Maroney

Mezzo-soprano Kate Maroney is in demand as a versatile concert soloist in repertoire from Bach to the 21st-century. Kate has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Blue Hill Bach, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, New York City Ballet, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Seraphic Fire, Berkshire Choral Festival, Voices of Ascension, TENET Vocal Artists, Ekmeles, Carmel Bach Festival, Opera Grand Rapids, Beth Morrison Projects, Bard SummerScape, Trinity Wall Street, LA Opera, Lincoln Center Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Musica Sacra, Bach Collegium San Diego, Princeton Pro Musica, Bach Vespers Holy Trinity, Mark Morris Dance Group, Yale Choral Artists, American Opera Projects, The Crossing, and Clarion. Kate has premiered works and collaborated closely with the Philip Glass Ensemble (world tour from 2012—2015 in Einstein on the Beach) and has collaborated frequently with many composers including David Lang, Michael Gordon, Martin Bresnick, Julia Wolfe, Missy Mazzoli, Matthew Ricketts, Hannah Lash, Nina Young, Dominick Argento, Christopher Cerrone, and Ted Hearne. She is featured on Grammy-nominated recordings with Albany, Naxos, and New Amsterdam Records, and is part of the Grammy-winning recording of Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison” (Chandos 2020.) She is a soloist on recordings with Clarion (Maxamillian Steinberg’s Passion Week,) Seraphic Fire’s recording of Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum, and a forthcoming vocal quartet recording with David Lang of the little match girl passion, which will be released on Cantaloupe Records in Fall 2023. She holds a D.M.A. from Eastman, degrees from SUNY Purchase and Yale, teaches at Mannes and at Yale. While not singing or teaching her heart out, Kate enjoys studying French, and embarking on urban hikes around her beloved Brooklyn, where she resides with musician-husband, Red Wierenga, and their son, Ossian.

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