Downtown Music Presents: Katherine Lerner-Lee, mezzo-soprano & Erika Switzer, piano

Based in New York City, Katherine Lerner Lee is an avid recitalist and chamber musician, performing repertoire spanning four centuries. 

Described as “lyricism personified” (Oberon’s Grove), Katherine’s 2025-26 season includes solo appearances in Mozart’s Vespers, and Bach’s St. John’s Passion, as well as the world premiere of Greta: The Fearless with the 21st Century Consort, and a reimagined Handel’s Tolomeo with Opera Essentia, She has been presented in recital by the Cincinnati Song Initiative and Concert Artist Guild, and tours regionally alongside pianists Sophia Zhou, Anthony Ratinov, and Erica Switzer. For the 2026-2027 season, Katherine joins the inaugural cohort of Young Artists with the Brooklyn Art Song Society. 

Pianist Erika Switzer performs regularly in major concert settings around the world, including at New York’s Weill Hall (Carnegie), Geffen Hall, Frick Collection, and Bargemusic, at the Kennedy Center, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Renaud Machart of Le Monde described her as “one of the best collaborative pianists I have ever heard; her sound is deep, her interpretation intelligent, refined and captivating”. 

This concert is made possible, in part, with the generous support of Ridgeway Garden Center, White Plains, and the Morano Group, LLC, Mamaroneck.