Katherine Girvin

Clinical Assistant Professor of Arts

Professor Katherine Girvin joined the NYU Shanghai faculty in 2019.  A native of San Diego, Kathrine attended the University of Missouri, Columbia where she received a Bachelors of Art and Science (2004), a Bachelors of Science in Middle School Education (2005) and a Masters in Education with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction (2006). Katherine has been teaching choral education for eleven years and has been named Choral Educator of the Year by California Music Educator Association Southern Border division (2012) and in the same year received the Mackenzie-Haney award, an Outstanding Choral Educator Award voted on by her colleagues throughout the San Diego Unified School District. Some of her directing highlights include St. Peter’s Basilica, Carnegie Hall, Harpa Concert Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. Katherine spent the last three years in educational leadership and is thrilled to work with the NYU Shanghai choral community.