Katie Kring is a choral composer, writer-of-musicals, and baker based in Springfield, MO.
Katie is a prolific choral composer and a passionate advocate for writing good parts for altos. Her piece “The Snow is Deep on the Ground,” (text by Kenneth Patchen), was published by Walton Music in 2015, and is now performed internationally. Katie has been commissioned to write numerous works , including DREAMS and I SEE YOU (April 2019) for the Springfield Chamber Chorus, where she has served as Co...show moreKatie Kring is a choral composer, writer-of-musicals, and baker based in Springfield, MO.
Katie is a prolific choral composer and a passionate advocate for writing good parts for altos. Her piece “The Snow is Deep on the Ground,” (text by Kenneth Patchen), was published by Walton Music in 2015, and is now performed internationally. Katie has been commissioned to write numerous works , including DREAMS and I SEE YOU (April 2019) for the Springfield Chamber Chorus, where she has served as Composer-In-Residence. In 2015, she was commissioned by St. John’s Episcopal Church in Springfield, MO to create a new choral setting of the sung Compline service for men’s choir. Gerrit Scheepers’ Brooklyn Choral Artists commissioned her compositions “At the Hour of Closing” and “Land of Rest” which premiered in Pretoria, South Africa in September 2018.
Katie’s musical theatre works include PEARL (Goodspeed Musicals, CT, 2007), ONWARD (with J. Oconer Navarro, 59E59, New York City, 2009), FARMERS MARKET THE MUSICAL (with Rob Hartmann, Fairmont, WV, 2013), IN THE SWIM and THINK BIG (with Rob Hartmann, Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA, 2013 & 2014), and KELLY THE DESTROYER VS THE SPRINGFIELD COBRAS (with Rob Hartmann, Spokane, WA, 2015 and Springfield, MO, 2019).
Katie is also the owner of B+B Boulangerie & Bakery and Lead Instructor of KatieMade Baking & Cooking School. She received her MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU and her BFA in music at the University of Michigan. show less
