Kate Morton (Mezzo-Soprano) is a storyteller and performer from the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her Master of Music in Vocal Arts and Oklahoma City University where she double majored in Music Theater and Vocal Performance.
In the spring of 2027, she will make her Houston Grand Opera debut as Ellie May Chipley in Francesca Zambello's production of Show Boat. Morton will make her Perelman Performing Arts Center debut with A Soundtrack of a Nation, co-presented by The Atlantic Magazine and The Juilliard School. This fall, Morton will join Opera Montana in their Wheels of Harmony tour, as well as premiere Dawn Avery's one act operas Trials and Tears and Sacajawea: Woman of Many Names with Cooper Union. Morton was a Resident Artist with The Glimmerglass Festival and performed the role of Ado Annie in Oklahoma!  In October 2024, 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.