Biography
Katie Colleen Hickey, whose voice “electrified…with operatic ecstasy” (Ken Herman, San Diego Story), is a professional soprano, the Executive Director of Bach Collegium San Diego, arts management consultant, and the owner of a luxury arts & culture experience firm.
Katie began her professional career in Washington D.C., singing with some of the finest choirs and conductors in the city. Katie has performed in some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (DC), the Washington National Cathedral, St. Giles Cathedral (Scotland), Seoul National Theatre (Korea), Copley Hall (San Diego), Cadogan Hall (London), Smetana Hall (Prague), and Eglise de la Madeleine (Paris), as well as at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (Wales). Since moving to San Diego in 2011, Katie has been sought after as a soloist and choral musician regularly performing with the Bach Collegium San Diego and SACRA/PROFANA. Recent solo appearances include Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Rutter Magnificat, Saint Saën Christmas Oratorio, Brahms Requiem, Haydn Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson Mass”), Rutter Magnificat, and Vivaldi Gloria with the Village Community Chorale, Handel’s Messiah and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, and the Faure Requiem with the Escondido Center for the Arts Center Chorale.
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Katie holds a Masters in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths College, University of London and a Bachelor of Music from James Madison University (VA). Katie is the Executive Director for Bach Collegium San Diego. She was the Co-Founder of the San Diego Summer Choral Festival and San Diego Pro Arte Voices, founding board member of the Choral Consortium of San Diego, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of The FF Collective - a nonprofit that amplified underrepresented voices in the arts: women, persons of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and differently-abled people, and is highly sought after as a consultant with numerous arts organizations and nonprofits across the U.S.