Kate Michaels - Professional Career

Professional Career

Early in her career, Michaels appeared in both leading and supporting roles for many stage, musical and concert productions in the San Francisco, Sacramento, Napa Valley and Los Angeles areas. After receiving the Irma Cooper scholarship for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, Michaels moved to Bremen, Germany for a role in the world premiere of the German operetta, Himmelrand with Opera Piccola. Shortly thereafter, Michaels joined the original Swiss cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera with the British production company, Really Useful Group in Basel, Switzerland.

In 1998 Michaels sang for the UK tour of the Australian-American poetic piece, Walking the Dog, produced by Walking the Dog Theater Company, New York. Soon after her first album, Just Marilyn, was produced. Her second recording, The Best Things in Life, a jazz recording with German jazz trio The Red Thread was released in 2007.

As an educator and consultant Michaels has given workshops and seminars as well as taught for the following institutions and programs: University of Berkeley extension program SF, St. Mary’s College of California, The American Conservatory Theater, The New Conservatory Theater, Basel Jazz School, Bern Jazz School, Zürich Theater and Dance School. She has also been published in Classical Singer Magazine and various newsletters.