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Kathy Olsen

Vocal Coach - Pianist

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About Kathy Olsen​

Katherine Olsen is the Founder of Encompass Arts LLC. Encompass Arts represents
leading Broadway, film-tv, stage and operatic talent. Her clients include: John Cullum-TONY
Award winner, David Miller (Il Divo), Kammersängerein Cheryl Studer, and the late Jerry
Springer and Marcello Giordani.
Katherine is one of the most famous and sought-after opera coach/accompanists in the
world today. In 2001 she was Principle Coach and Artistic Administrator for Baz Luhrmann’s
Tony Award-winning production of Puccini’s “La Bohème On Broadway .”
Ms. Olsen has played for and adjudicated many prestigious vocal competitions including:
The MacAllister Awards, The Puccini Competition, The George London Awards, The Richard
Tucker Foundation, and Voci Verdiane-Busetto, Italy.
As a pianist she has collaborated with artists Ben Heppner, Leona Mitchell, Sherrill Milnes,
Cheryl Studer, Gary Lakes, Barbara Daniels, Harolyn Blackwell, Renata Scotto, Marcello
Giordani and Riccardo Caruso (great-grandson of Enrico Caruso). Katherine currently serves on
the board of The Singer’s Development Foundation.
Over the course of her career, she has been involved with many teaching programs and
masterclasses with: Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes, Martina Arroyo and Regina Resnik, to name
a few.
Katherine has held staff positions with: Juilliard School’s American Opera Center, Lyric
Opera Chicago, University of Tennessee and Orlando Opera. She has been on staff of numerous
summer programs including: Opern Air Gars, Voice Experience, and Prelude to Performance, in
New York City.
She has performed for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Bush at the White
House and she has performed at the Library Of Congress three times.
Ms. Olsen has written articles and been interviewed numerous times on the subject of
accompanying by: Keyboard Magazine, Classical Singer Magazine and The Christian Science
Monitor. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Masters Degree in Piano Performance. She
is a proud member of Opera Managers Association International.

Faculté de musique de l'Université de Montréal
200 Vincent D'Indy Avenue, Suite B-809
Montreal, Quebec, H2V 2T2

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