Mezzo-soprano Katie Fraser is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, BMus (2020) and MMus (2022) in Opera Performance, having studied under the direction of Nancy Hermiston, Krisztina Szabó, Heidi Melton and Rhoslyn Jones. This summer Katie resumes the role as co-director for the UBC Summer Vocal Workshop. A two week intensive for singers ages 13 and up. Katie was recently a part of a 9 city tour of China singing the role of Shi Ping in Kangnian Tang's opera Thunderstorm. Earlier in the year she was a featured soloist for the Valentine's concert series in the Czech Republic under the baton of Norbert Baxa and joined by members of the Czech National Symphony. She is pleased to be returning to the Vancouver Opera chorus for their production of La Boheme this Spring. Past credits include Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Prince Charming in Massenet's Cendrillon, Shi Ping in Kangnian Tang's Thunderstorm, Frau Reich in Nicolai’s Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Jezibaba in Dvorak’s Rusalka, Tree Spirit in Shadow Catch, Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Tessa in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Julia Bertram in Dove’s Mansfield Park with the UBC Opera Ensemble.