Bio

Katherine Webb (b. 1990) is Canon for Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. In that role, she oversees Trinity’s robust music program, directing the Cathedral’s choral ensembles, its Choir School, and its concert series, which often features Trinity’s landmark Rosales organ. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal School of Church Music in America (RSCMA). 

Katie is active as a choral clinician and composer, having served as organist and conductor at multiple RSCMA summer choral residencies and at the Presbyterian Association of Musicians Worship and Music Conference at Montreat, North Carolina. Her choral compositions, published by Selah, have been performed in churches, universities, and festivals across the country.

Katie earned her doctorate in organ performance, with minor fields in choral conducting and music theory, at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she was a student of Christopher Young. She also studied choral conducting with Dominick DiOrio, Betsy Burleigh, and Walter Huff. She received the MM in organ performance at IU and completed undergraduate coursework at St. Olaf College in Minnesota where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in organ performance and vocal music education. While at St. Olaf, she studied organ with Catherine Rodland and conducting with Anton Armstrong and sang in the St. Olaf Choir. At IU, she sang both with NOTUS, a contemporary vocal chamber ensemble, and Concentus, IU’s historical performance ensemble.

Prior to her appointment at Trinity Cathedral as Organ Scholar, Katie served as music intern at Trinity Episcopal Church under the direction of Marilyn Keiser. Known for her energy and passion in front of the classroom, she also served as an instructor of music theory at IU and is a recent recipient of IU’s Wennerstrom Fellowship, an award that honors excellence in music theory pedagogy. She also was named to The Diapason’s “Twenty Under Thirty” Class of 2019 in recognition of outstanding achievement in the fields of church music and organ performance.

 Webb’s research interests include the evening canticle settings of Herbert Howells, the organ and choral music of underrepresented composers, and best practices for working with intergenerational and mixed volunteer/professional choral ensembles.