Katrina Franco

• 2023: Bay Area Creative Foundation – Superior Merit Award, Music Performance
• 2023: Schmidt Vocal Competition, California – 2nd Place
• 2023: Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Annual Competition – 1st Place
• 2023: Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition – 1st Prize
• 2023: King's Peak International Music Competition – 1st Prize
• 2022: National YoungArts Competition Winner (Classical Voice)
• 2022: NPR’s From the Top – Finalist and Fellow
• 2022: International Grande Music Competition – 2nd Prize (Classical Voice)
• 2022: ENKOR International Music Competition, Category D – 1st Prize
• 2022: SFBAC NATS Classical Competition, Upper High School Category – 1st Place
• 2021: Bellagrande International Music Competition – 2nd Prize (Classical Voice)
• 2021: USIMC Competition, Vocal D Category – 2nd Place
• 2021: Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, High School Musical Theatre – 3rd Place
• 2021: International Grande Music Competition – 2nd Prize (Classical Voice)
• 2020: Junior Bach Festival, Voice – Concert Finalist
• 2020: SFBAC NATS Classical Competition, Lower High School Category – 1st Place
• 2019: SFBAC NATS MT Competition, Lower High School Category – 1st Place
• 2019: SFBAC NATS Classical Competition, Youth Category – 1st Place
• 2019: NFMC Competition – Gold Cup Award (Musical Theater)
• 2019: NFMC Competition – Superior Ranking in Voice (Classical/Musical Theater)
• 2018: NFMC Competition – Superior Ranking in Voice (Classical/Musical Theater)
• 2017: NFMC Competition – Superior Ranking in Voice (Musical Theater)

Katrina Franco, soprano, is currently a senior at San Francisco University High School. She studies classical voice with Christine Abraham at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Division. Katrina was recently featured in Show 422 on NPR’s From The Top and has won awards in regional, national, and international voice competitions. In addition to classical voice, Katrina studied acting and musical theater with the American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory Program, performing in their Middle and High School Cabaret Ensembles and appearing in mainstage productions. Favorite roles include Pennywise in Urinetown, Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, and Jane Doe in Ride the Cyclone. Outside of music, Katrina enjoys cooking and creative writing.