Native American Mezzo-Soprano, Claire MacKenzie, possesses an intrigue of world musics which she delivers in the rich colors and depths of her voice. Ms. MacKenzie received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music with concentrations in Opera and Middle Eastern Art Song, as well as a Minor in German Language and Literature from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and Arabic Language and Qur’anic Recitation at the Middlebury Institute for Arabic. She has performed a variety of Art Song Cycles and Operettas in venues throughout North America, Russia, South Korea, China, Germany, Austria and Portugal. Notable performances include Ms. MacKenzie’s collaboration with Grammy Award Winner, Al Jarreau in a performance voted “exquisite, exceptional and innovative” by the Los Angeles Examiner; her collaboration with the musicians of Alpen Kammer Musik Fest in their 2011 concert series of chamber music and Lieder held in the Lesachtal Konzertsaal in Austria; and her most recent Carnegie Hall solo debut of the Rahbani Brothers’ Andalousiyyāt Suite. As young artist with Opera San Luis Obispo, Ms. MacKenzie was a founding member of its outreach group, Opera SLO to Go, and worked as co-director for the Opera SLO Summer Children’s Opera Camp. Ms. MacKenzie recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she currently performs with Aswat - San Francisco’s premier Arabic Orchestra, West Bay Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, San Francisco Opera on Tap, and she is honored to be a resident artist with Opera on the Spot. In June of 2016, Ms. MacKenzie looks forward to her debut performances in Spain with the Barcelona Festival of Song, as well as her residency with Silicon Valley Opera and Chamber Music Society in Fall of 2016. For future engagements, Ms. MacKenzie invites you to her artist’s website: www.clairemackenzie.biz