The University of Southern Indiana Foundation, in honor of its 50th anniversary, will host a performance by mezzo-soprano Kate Tombaugh entitled “It Just Takes One.†This free, public event will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22 on campus in the USI Performance Center.
Tombaugh has been praised as “utterly convincing dramatically, and musically superlative†(Seen and Heard International, 2015). Her 2017-18 season includes debuts with Stockton Opera as Hansel in composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel,†and with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra (Messiah), Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic, and Orchestra Seattle. Upcoming engagements include her debuts with Fort Worth Opera and the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.
Tombaugh trained as a young artist in the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist program and was a Gerdine Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Resident Artist with Utah Opera. Additionally, she was a Stern Fellow in the LA-based Songfest and performed in the Opera Studio at AIMS in Graz, Austria. She holds a master’s degree in voice performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and bachelor’s degrees in English literature and vocal performance from Illinois Wesleyan University. Tombaugh is the founder and executive director of the arts nonprofit organization Poco a Poco, which hosts a week-long summer music festival for high school-aged vocalists. She lives in Murray, Kentucky, with her husband, Dr. Steven Weimer, assistant professor of music at Murray State University, and their daughter, Grace.
