08/28/2026
🎶💚 Make plans to join us at Keith this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. for a wonderful evening of music with Kathryn Paden accompanied by Tristen P. Rowland💚🎶
Join us for an evening of art songs, spirituals, sacred pieces, musical theatre numbers, and even a piece in honor of Dolly Parton.
Well save a seat for you!
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🎶🎶 Music is in the air 🎶🎶
Join us on Sunday, August 30 for the third installment of the 2026 season of the McGill Sterchi Concert Series. This concert will feature home alumna (Tennessee Wesleyan University), Kathryn Paden!
Through her powerful vocals, provoking emotion, and supreme musicianship, this concert is bound to take the listener on a journey that you do not want to miss.
We hope to see you there! We’ll save a seat for you!
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Read more about Kathryn:
Kathryn Paden is originally from Knoxville, a local performer, recitalist, church musician, and voice teacher. She enjoys primarily theatrical and concert stagework. She sings regularly with the Knoxville Choral Society and Knoxville Chamber Chorale, but has also appeared in productions and concerts over the years with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Amadeus Chamber Ensemble, Oak Ridge Civic Chorus, Knoxville Opera Company, Oak Ridge Playhouse, Clarence Brown Theatre, The WordPlayers, Foothills Community Players, and has recently made her short-film debut in Cherry Cola, directed by Dennis Films based out of Maryville. Kathryn has been featured in previous KSO seasons as the guest artist for the Clayton Holiday Concerts, the Symphony Ball, the 2018 collaborative production of Candide with Clarence Brown Theater, and roles in several of the most recent Very Young People’s Concerts. Kathryn is beginning in her 5th season with the KSO as the narrator for their Musical Story Time program, which incorporates strings music and book narration to present a 30-minute performance at Knox and surrounding county public libraries, schools, and daycares throughout the year.
Local and regional concert solo work includes Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Forrest's Requiem for the Living, Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors (Mother), Charpentier’s Te Deum, Haydn’s Missa Brevis, Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Widow), Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Mozart’s Requiem, Forrest’s Jubilate Deo, John Purifoy’s Chronicles of Blue and Gray, Bach’s Magnificat, Brahms’ Requiem (German and English editions), Bach’s Cantata 140, and Handel’s Messiah.
Kathryn sings in the Chancel Choir and, for over a decade, directed children’s ensembles at Fountain City United Methodist Church where she is a longtime member. She also maintains church soloist work at churches throughout East Tennessee. Local organizations and venues for which she enjoys performing are the Rossini Festival, Dogwood Arts, Kerbela Shriners, Fantasy of Trees, the Knoxville Symphony League, and the Tennessee Theatre’s Mighty Musical Monday concert series, including the Theatre’s 90th Anniversary Concert in 2018 and the memorial concert honoring the Theatre's former longtime house organstz, Dr. Bill Snyder, in 2025. Favorite musicals of which she's been a part: Candide, 9 to 5, Big River, 42nd Street, Guys and Dolls, and Into the Woods.
Kathryn holds a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Tennessee Wesleyan University (Athens, TN). She has been a private voice teacher since 2010 and enjoys working with voices of various ages and abilities. By day, Kathryn is the Church Administrator at Second Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, where she oversees church operations, communications, and administrative duties. She is also a twin sister, aunt of 3, and crazy cat mom of 1. www.kathrynpaden.com
