Katy Pfaffl, master teacher voice, Katy attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) for Musical Theater. In addition to performing on Broadway originating the role of ‘Song Woman’ in the Tony Award-winning production of War Horse at Lincoln Center, Katy has released six celebrated albums of original music as vocal/piano/guitar/violin powerhouse Mighty Kate; composed and music directed two original musicals in NYC; and continues to compose and arrange for film and TV. Katy is also a coveted private voice teacher/vocal performance coach and certified Life Coach/Career Coach/Transformational Life coach to the Broadway and Performing community for the past 24 years. Her past and current students include Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Tony Winner Matt Doyle (Gossip Girl), Reshma Shetty (Pure Genius/Royal Pains), Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Dan Amboyer (Younger), Tracee Chimo (Orange is the New Black / Madame Secretary), Tiffany Mann (Rise), as well as Broadway sensations Jenn Gambatese, Jen Cody, Kelli Barrett, Jon Rua and many more…
Katy’s has worked with students in 40+ Broadway shows (and National tours) including Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, Hadestown, Leopoldstadt, Beetlejuice, Phantom of the Opera, Mean Girls, Frozen, Waitress, Come From Away, Wicked, The Lehman Trilogy, Paradise Square, Mr. Saturday Night, My Fair Lady, The Book of Mormon, Sponge Bob the Musical, Pretty Women, Be More Chill, Kinky Boots, Getting the Band Back Together, Aladdin, American Psycho, Fun Home, On Your Feet, Tuck Everlasting, Dr. Zhivago, Once, Side Show, Violet, War Horse, Evita, Spiderman, The Lion King, Jersey Boys, Hands on a Hard Body, American Idiot, In the Heights, West Side Story, Rent, Hair, Shrek, Tarzan, 13, South Pacific, Grease, Les Miserables, Legally Blonde, and upcoming Broadway productions of Back to the Future, New York, New York and more!
Katy has also taught voice and musical theater programs and masterclasses at Juilliard School with the BT Turkish Music Exchange Summer Program; Broadway Dance Center, Pro-Semester, NYC; Broadway Bootcamp in Loveland, CO; University of Cincinnati (CCM); American University; Middlebury College; University of Colorado (Colorado Springs); and internationally with BT Muzik (Istanbul/Bodrum, Turkey); Dream Box Arts (Shenzhen, China); Broadway in Japan (Tokyo, Japan); Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project (Tamil Nadu, India); and Nkosi’s Haven (Johannesburg, South Africa).