Kate Morton (Mezzo-Soprano) is a storyteller and performer from the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She is a Master of Music in Vocal Arts student at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Mr. Kevin Short. In October, with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Canterbury Voices, Morton originated the role of Loksi’ in the world premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Loksi' Shaali': A Chickasaw Opera, the first opera performed entirely in a Native American language. She will be joining Opera Saratoga as a 2025 festival artist in their productions of She Loves Me (Ilona Ritter) and La vie Parisienne (Madame de Folle-Verdure.) In Juilliard's 2024/25 season, Morton will be a soloist with New York Festival of Song's Take Care of this House: Songs for America, curated by NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier. She will also perform in L'enfant et les Sortilèges (La Chatte/L'Ecureuil) at Alice Tully Hall and Juilliard's mainstage production of Dialogues des Carmelites (Sœur Mathilde).