Katherine Powers is a Los Angeles-based transformative arts leader who joined the Los Angeles Master Chorale as President & CEO in 2026, where she will work in close partnership with Artistic Director Grant Gershon, the Board of Directors, and the Master Chorale's staff and artists to guide the organization's strategic advancement. She joins the Master Chorale from Pacific Opera Project (POP), where she served as Executive Director since 2023. 

At POP, Powers led the company through a period of transformational growth, building its audiences, expanding its education and engagement programming, strengthening its financial position and fundraising capacity, and advancing its reputation for inventive, accessible opera. Under her leadership, POP was named among the Los Angeles Times’ “Best of Classical Music in 2024,” reflecting the company’s growing artistic reach. Before joining POP, Powers was the founding Director of Vocal Arts at California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley, where she built and led a nationally recognized vocal arts program.

Powers brings an unusually broad view of the performing arts to the role. In addition to her administrative leadership, she has taught voice at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Occidental College, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, California State University, Los Angeles, and through the YoungArts Foundation. A soprano, she made her LA Opera debut in the Grammy Award-winning production of The Ghosts of Versailles and has performed extensively with Pacific Opera Project and other companies.

Powers holds an Associate's Degree in Theater from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, a B.A. in Music from UCLA, and an M.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.