Des Moines & Boston-Based Soprano
Abby Kate Boeschen
Praised for her precision, agility, and expressive nuance, soprano Abby Kate Boeschen brings vitality to both canonical and contemporary operatic repertoire. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, she has cultivated a distinguished and growing list of performance credits. At the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, she appeared as Amy in Little Women, Little Red in Little Red’s Most Unusual Day, and Nora (cover) in Riders to the Sea. With the Drake University Opera Theater, she performed as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and she covered First Spirit in Die Zauberflöte with Des Moines Metro Opera during its 50th anniversary season.
This season, Ms. Boeschen performs in the East Coast premiere of Time to Act by Laura Kaminsky as both ensemble member and featured soloist. A dedicated concert artist, she is also a five-time winner and multiple-time finalist in state and regional competitions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).
Beyond the stage, she remains committed to advancing vocal music through teaching, directing, and arts administration. This season, Ms. Boeschen is the Assistant Director for the National Opera Association’s Dominick Argento Chamber Opera competition, and Little Red’s Most Unusual Day with director Daniel Pelzig. Ms. Boeschen also enjoys teaching voice lessons to students of all ages and has served as a voice faculty member at the Drake University Voice Intensive.
Ms. Boeschen holds a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from Drake University under the tutelage of Leanne Freeman-Miller. She is currently in the process of obtaining her Masters in Opera Performance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, under the tutelage of Dr. Rebecca Folsom.
A Note from Abby Kate
Music is a tool unlike any other — a single person can captivate an entire room of people with nothing other than the sound of their voice, bringing the room to laughter or tears with only the lilt of a melody. Music voices the depth of what could otherwise not be expressed, and powerfully moves its performers and listeners to the deepest parts of the soul.
I have a profound sense that music is the calling on my life because my truest joy in music can be found in how it blesses others. By pursuing music as a performer, teacher, and director, I have the ability to be a force for goodness and joy, no matter what side of the curtain I’m on.
I’m excited to see where this journey takes me, and I hope you’ll join me.
