CEW+ applauds Catherine’s commitment to women in music and names her a Riecker Graduate Student Research Fellow.

Catherine Goode is a professional soprano and third-year Doctor of Musical Arts student at the University of Michigan. Originally from Friendswood, Texas, she holds dual bachelor’s degrees in vocal performance and music education from the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, as well as a master’s degree in vocal performance from Michigan State University.

Praised for her “bright, silvery soprano,” Catherine has performed more than 75 operatic and concert roles across the country, demonstrating vocal agility, interpretive depth, and a dynamic presence in both standard and contemporary repertoire. Recent highlights include Helen’s Voice in the world premiere of touch with Opera Birmingham (2024), Clara in The Light in the Piazza (2024), and Gilda in Rigoletto (2022) with Opera in the Heights, and Woglinde in Das Rheingold with Virginia Opera (2021).

At U-M’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Catherine has been recognized for her excellence in performance and artistry, winning the Graduate Division of the Concerto Competition (Winter 2025) and the Friends of Opera Competition (Fall 2023), as well as receiving the prestigious Eugene Bossart Prize.

A leader in her field, Catherine serves on the Board of Governors for the American Guild of Musical Artists, is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and serves as Editor for the Ann Arbor Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity.

Her CEW+ Fellowship supports Expanding the Classical Music Canon, a project commissioning new vocal works by living female composers, librettists, and poets. Catherine’s three-part initiative includes a multi-composer song cycle addressing current global events, a song cycle drawn from interviews with women aged 26–89 exploring their lived experiences, and a setting of poems from Alice Duer Miller’s 1915 collection Are Women People?, which brings underrepresented voices into the spotlight through song.

CEW+ applauds Catherine’s commitment to women in music and names her a Riecker Graduate Student Research Fellow.