Opera/Vocal Coach

A native of San Antonio, Kristin Roach is in demand across the nation as a pianist, organist, vocal coach, arranger and conductor. In performances that encompass twenty states, Canada, Japan, and the former Soviet Union, she has collaborated with many of the world’s finest artists including Renee Fleming, Jerry Hadley, and Rosalind Elias. She has appeared as soloist with the San Antonio Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, San Antonio Wind Symphony, and Eastman Philharmonia, and as chamber musician with Camerata San Antonio, Chamber Music Amarillo, Olmos Ensemble, Musical Offerings, and Cactus Pear Music Festival.  She has toured Europe with the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, performing on the historic organs of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Church of the Madeleine, Bristol Cathedral and York University.  Her recordings include the Trinity Jazz Project, a self-produced collection of her original arrangements of hymn tunes, and classical works with the New World Symphony for Decca Records and with the Eastman Wind Ensemble for Sony Classical Records.  In Fall 2009, Bridge Records will release "Salon Buenos Aires - Chamber music of Miguel del Aguila", recorded by Kristin and eleven other members of Camerata San Antonio.

Since November 2006, Kristin has served as Assistant Director of Music at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio.  Under her direction, children’s choirs grades 2-12 lead the music each Sunday at the 9:00 a.m. worship service and at special services and community events throughout the year.  The adult parish choir, which she accompanies, was in residence at Bristol Cathedral in July 2007, and will be in residence at Ely Cathedral in summer 2010.

When not on stage or at church, Ms. Roach maintains a private coaching studio, whose members include performers with numerous American opera companies and apprentice programs, university faculty and students, chamber music groups, and church musicians.  She has prepared productions for the San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera, Tulsa Opera, San Antonio Symphony,
Brevard Music Institute, Aspen Music Festival, Breckenridge Music Institute, Opera Theatre of Rochester, Eastman Opera Theater, Buffalo Opera Unlimited, Texas Tech University, and Texas Lutheran University. She has served as chorus master of Lyric Opera of San Antonio, and choral director of the Mid-Texas Symphony.  She received her education at the Eastman School of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music in Applied Music (Piano), the Performer’s Certificate in Piano, and a Master of Music in Piano Performance/Literature and Piano Accompanying/Chamber Music.