Bio
Katelyn Grace Jackson (née Aungst) grew up in Berks County, Pennsylvania and has spent a good portion of her singing career in Washington, D.C. Her musical foundation came from piano and flute lessons, instruction and experience with the Berks Youth Chorus, and was soundtracked by an eclectic mix of the classical canon and Americana. Her earliest ambitions were rooted in literature and poetry, and she finds herself most at home leveraging her literary sensibility and vocal artistry to foster deep, communicative connections between performers and audiences alike.
Hailed by the Washington Post for her “supple, haunting soprano,” Katelyn performs as a featured soloist and chorister with intelligence and “particular purity of tone” (San Francisco Classical Voice). She has soloed with the American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, City Choir of Washington, Cathedral Choral Society, the Washington Master Chorale, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, the Handel Choir of Baltimore, and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. Her choral and chamber experiences boast recording Dame Ethel Smyth's The Prison with the Experiential Orchestra & Chorus (2021 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album), and performances with The Thirteen, Clarion Music Society, Third Practice, Ensemble Altera, and Three Notch’d Road.
She currently resides in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania with her husband Christopher and holds degrees from the University of Maryland and the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University.
