Music Performance with Mary A.

Alarke (self)

“As an opera student at MGill University in Montréal, Mary Alouette [Alarke] developed an interest that didn’t necessarily correspond to her studies: electronic music. It took moving to Brooklyn and embarking on a career as a Gypsy jazz singer to finally bring electronica into the mix…” - The Washington Post Opera and Gypsy jazz singer turned audio engineer turned award-winning pop vocalist and songwriter Alarke’s music is an exciting, vibey, future-forward meld of pop, electronic, classical, jazz, and world music. Fans of Grimes, Charli XCX, and Lady Gaga: take a listen. Her debut EP Midas (2012) landed her New Artist of the Year and Best Debut Album with the Washington Area Music Association. The Lark (2013), won the Grand Prize with the Washington Area Music Association for her song, “Lionheart.” Grace (2016) features electronic x pop x krautrock x chillwave music x Gypsy jazz music. Elkin + Alarke (2016), a tropical electronic album released with producer Elkin Pautt had songs go to NBC's World Of Dance. Cuba Diaries (2021) showcases songs written in Havana, Cuba that were recorded by a 6-piece all-star Cuban band in Havana. Real Down, Mystics, and Future Self (singles, 2021) are electronic dance tracks featuring fun synths and driving dance beats. Favorite performances include Strathmore, the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, Blues Alley, the Rainbow Room at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Fábrica Del Arte in Cuba, the Apollo Theater’s National Tour, Carnegie Hall, the Baltimore Orioles, the Washington Nationals, EA Games’ Boogie Superstar, Romani caravans in France, and writing music with refugees in Greece. Website: www.alarke.com

D.C. Commission On The Arts and Humanities

Evaluated and awarded fellowships to artists. The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is an independent agency in the District of Columbia government that evaluates and initiates action on matters relating to the arts and humanities and encourages programs and the development of programs that promote progress in the arts and humanities.

Brooklyn Arts Council; Brooklyn, New York

For over 50 years, Brooklyn Arts Council has supported Brooklyn's artists; they have helped create one of the most eclectic and innovative cities in the world. Brooklyn Arts Council has been integral in the creation of Brooklyn’s culture, world-renowned for its diversity, by first forging and continuing to lead in the commitment to equity and inclusion for over 50 years. They champion creative experiences because they believe in art's power; they amplify expression, enrichment, and diversity by empowering artists and audiences in art making, art-sharing, and art-learning. They nurture creative ecologies because they know that artists and communities thrive when they are connected to one another. They solve creative equations because they envision a world innovated by art; they advocate for sustainable development strategies that include art, artists, and arts institutions to optimize social innovations and solutions to inequity.

D.C. Commission On The Arts and Humanities

Evaluated and awarded fellowships to artists. The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is an independent agency in the District of Columbia government that evaluates and initiates action on matters relating to the arts and humanities and encourages programs and the development of programs that promote progress in the arts and humanities.

Homer Learning, Brooklyn, New York

Strathmore Center for the Arts; Rockville, Maryland

A flagship program of Strathmore’s Institute for Artistic and Professional Development, the Artist in Residence (AIR) program was created in 2005 to support artists as they transition to professional careers. Since its inception, the program has mentored 94 musicians ages 16 to 32. Every year, a class of six is chosen after a competitive selection process. Strathmore’s AIR benefit from the support of mentor musicians, participate in professional development seminars, and are offered extensive performance opportunities throughout the 10-month program.

Ishlab Studio, Brooklyn, New York

I was responsible for session preparation, client management, and repair of studio technology. I provided music mix assistance, sound design, and engineering for major and independent record labels including Sony alongside multi-platinum-earning mix and recording engineers Frans Mernick, Alex Dadras, and Daniel Lynas, producers, and artists including A$AP Rocky.

MUTEK Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music, Montréal, Canada

Music

Working with students one on one in all areas of the performing arts for nearly ten years. Clients range in age from 5-75 and from novice/beginner to professional/celebrity clientele. Private instruction with Set Your Life To Music Taught masterclasses with the New York Singing Teachers Association Teacher with the Foxgrove, Galliard Music, Soyulla Artists, Music To Your Home, Sage Music, Ivy Music, and School of Rock.

Private Vocal Instruction

The School of Deep Cuts

Unspeakable Records with Dot / Kate Ellwanger

Producer Dojo with ill.Gates

Transmute Accelerator and Retreat with Laura Escudé

Havana Music School, Havana, Cuba

American Institute Of Musical Studies; Graz, Austria

Schlern International Music Institute; Fié Allo Sciliar, Italy

McGill University, Schulich School of Music; Montréal, Canada

Washington Area Music Association

USA Songwriting Competition

Mid-Atlantic Song Contest with the Songwriters Association of Washington

The Apollo Theater, New York, New York

WeAreListening

Washington Area Music Association

Washington Area Music Association Songwriting Competition

Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition

Washington Area Music Association

Washington Area Music Association

The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1921.

Women In Music is a non-profit organization with a mission to advance the awareness, equality, diversity, heritage, opportunities, and cultural aspects of women in the musical arts through education, support, empowerment, and recognition. Our seminars, panels, showcases, achievement awards, and youth initiatives celebrate the female contribution to the music world, and strengthen community ties.

Brooklyn Arts Council's mission is to act as a coordinating, educational, and service organization to promote and encourage the knowledge, appreciation, and practices of the arts through public educational and cultural activities, and to provide support and services to artists and arts organizations. We are the arts council for the borough of Brooklyn. We bring leadership and energy to every part of Brooklyn’s arts scene, supporting and connecting it all. It doesn’t matter where you fit into the arts—artist, audience member, participant, venue, educator or supporter—we want you to create and experience the arts in every neighborhood of Brooklyn.

NYSTA strives to provide voice professionals, both locally and globally, with the tools and inspiration needed for an increasingly informed and creative pedagogy. Immense advances in voice science, neurology, psychology, education theory, medicine, and mind/body healing offer new information and techniques from which voice teachers can draw. By making these resources accessible to our members, we foster twenty-first-century pedagogy, rooted in the great traditions of the past, incorporating the new knowledge of our time.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 480,000 US composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. The ASCAP is committed to nurturing music makers throughout their careers.

Limited Proficiency

Limited Proficiency

Limited Proficiency