Mx. Kim Mendez has been involved in music, choral singing, and musical theater productions for over 30 years. Currently they are the section leader for the alto section for the Spanish language services at The Cathedral of Our Lady Of The Angels in downtown Los Angeles. They are now a part time professor for Rio Hondo College, currently teaching dual enrollment classes for middle and high school students in voice and music appreciation.

Beginning the fall of 2023, Mx. Mendez was thrilled to take on the role of Executive Director of the Adoro Music Ensemble. They have sung a variety of vocal parts with this stellar ensemble since 2022, performing Early Music and Early Music inspired a cappella works. They look forward to growing this incredible group and developing in their own musicality through this work.

Operatic stage credits include principal roles in The Pirates of Penzance (Major General Stanley), the world premiere of Juana (Sor Rafaela), and as a genderqueer Baba in The Rake’s Progress. Additionally, they performed on the Naxos recording of The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic that won the Grammy for Best Choral Performance in 2021. They enjoyed being one of the eight members of the Seraphic Fire Ensemble Artists in the 2021-2022 academic year, and learned so much, again with Seraphic Fire, at the Aspen Music Festival Professional Choral Institute this August. Other ensembles they have sung with as an ensemble member and featured soloist include Artes Vocales, and the West Coast Singers, The LGBTQIA+ Chorus of LA.

During the fall of 2023, Mx. Mendez was chosen as one of 25 participants in the BMP (Beth Morrison Projects) Producer Academy. The highly competitive, Mellon Foundation funded 8-week course includes instruction from industry experts in budget development, fundraising planning & execution, how to tour a show, pitching work to presenters, and production vocabulary & definitions; one-on-one mentoring with experienced creative producers; networking opportunities with professional producers and presenters in the industry; feedback on pitch materials and projects by high level industry presenters. Mx. Mendez aspires to produce trans/nonbinary/gender-expansive art with a focus on trans* joy, and the lived experience of trans people living at multiple intersecting identities.

Mx. Mendez has earned a Masters of Music degree (June 2022) from UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, as well as a Bachelors of Music (June 2020), and an Associates Degrees in Music and Humanities from Pasadena City College (June 2018).