MARY MACKENZIE
SOPRANO
Described by the New York Times as “a soprano of extraordinary agility and concentration,” and the Boston Globe as “sensational,” Mary Mackenzie has captured the attention of audiences throughout the United States.
A passionate performer of contemporary vocal music, Ms. Mackenzie has collaborated with Pierre Boulez, John Harbison, and James Primosch; and has worked closely with young composers to develop and premiere new works for voice. As a chamber musician she has appeared with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, Collage New Music, the Continuum Ensemble, Ekmeles, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, The Juilliard School’s AXIOM Ensemble and New Juilliard Ensemble, The Knights, Le Train Bleu, the Metropolis Ensemble, and the Talea Ensemble.
Notable solo appearances include Harbison’s Closer to My Own Life with the Albany Symphony; Elliott Carter’s Warble for Lilac Time with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; Jean Barraqué's Chant Aprés Chant with the Juilliard Percussion Ensemble at Alice Tully Hall; Boulez’s Improvisations sur Mallarmé Nos. 1 & 2 for the composer’s 85th birthday celebration at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre; Reinbert De Leeuw’s Im wunderschönen Monat Mai at the Bravo Vail Festival and the Smithsonian; Héctor Parra’s Hypermusic: Ascension at the Guggenheim Museum; Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 with the Borromeo String Quartet; and Pierrot Lunaire at Town Hall Seattle and the Rockport Music Festival. Ms. Mackenzie made her professional opera debut as Despina in Così fan tutte with Madison Opera, and appeared as Sister Léonide in the world premiere of Matt Marks’ and Paul Peers’ Mata Hari at the 2017 Prototype Festival in New York City.
Ms. Mackenzie's recordings include John Harbison’s Closer to My Own Life with the Albany Symphony (Albany), John Harbison: Songs After Hours (Albany), Cathedral Music with the 21st Century Consort, performing James Primosch’s Sacred Songs and Meditations (Albany), Louis Karchin: To the Sun and Stars, performing To the Sun (Bridge), and The Opera America Songbook album, performing Richard Danielpour’s Homeward. In the fall of 2018, Vocalisms: song by Crozier, Harbison, Primosch, and Rorem with pianist Heidi Louise Williams will be released by Albany Records.
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