Dr. Katina Mitchell is a musician and teacher based in San Diego, California. Her interdisciplinary work pairs an adventurous curiosity with historical specialization, spanning medieval morality plays, choral music, musicology, and song. Recent engagements include singing new music in a featured vocal trio with the San Diego Symphony (365 by Joey Roukens), soprano soloist in the world premiere of Missa Sacra Profana by Andrew Bearden, soprano soloist for the San Diego Master Chorale’s Messiah, soprano in a vocal quartet with San Diego Baroque, and soprano solos in Mozart’s Requiem with Palomar Symphony Orchestra and Choir. As a soprano she has performed with organizations such as Monday Evening Concerts, San Diego Symphony, Heidi Duckler Dance, MicroFest LA, Mainly Mozart Festival, Volti San Francisco, Lautten Compangey Berlin, Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, The Getty, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Ensemble Vocatrix. Her artistic work has been featured at the Medieval History Center in Azincourt (France), on the BBC, on NPR/KPBS: The Finest, on NPR: Life in Berlin, on KPFK.fm, in Ampersand LA, and in the Los Angeles Times. Since 2023, she has presented her original musicology research on art song composer Alice Barnett at the San Diego History Center, the Western History Association Conference in Los Angeles, Palomar College, the San Diego National Association of Teachers of Singing Symposium at SDSU, and on KPBS. In 2025 she presented a paper on Barnett at the Society for American Music’s national conference and also gave a three-part lecture recital series on Alice Barnett’s life and art songs at the La Jolla Athenaeum. A lover of choral music, Katina can be found performing in churches and choral ensembles around Southern California. She performs as both soloist and chorister with the Schola Cantorum of St. James-by-the-Sea, Sacra/Profana, and the San Diego Master Chorale and she looks forward to a choral tour to Wells, England this summer. Other recent engagements include coaching German diction as music staff for San Diego Opera, performing and guest lecturing at University of San Diego, a theater piece with Project [BLANK], singing backup for a concert of Beatles music at the Balboa Park Organ Pavilion, and performing self-accompanied medieval songs at the Athenaeum in La Jolla. She is a member of the music faculty at Palomar College, serves on the Executive Board of SDNATS and the San Diego Children’s Choir, and maintains a private studio.

  • Dr. KATINA MITCHELL grew up in San Diego. She has performed with Lautten Compangey Berlin, MicroFest LA, Monday Evening Concerts, Volti SF, Project Blank, Bach Collegium SD, and more. Recent credits include singing new music in a featured trio with the San Diego Symphony, and performing as both soloist and chorister with San Diego Master Chorale, Sacra/Profana, and the Schola Cantorum of St. James-by-the-Sea. Since 2023 Katina has presented extensive original musicological research on composer Alice Barnett with Society for American Music, KPBS, the Athenaeum, San Diego History Center, the Western History Association, and San Diego NATS (SDSU). As a German diction coach she worked as music staff for San Diego Opera’s recent Salome. Katina holds degrees in music from Rice University and the University of Southern California. She is a member of the music faculty at Palomar College and teaches voice privately.