Kelly MacKenzie-Thurley 

Kelly MacKenzie-Thurley
Singer - Performer - Teacher 

Kelly MacKenzie-Thurley is a graduate of both the Northern Kentucky University and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has sung in operas, musicals, cabarets, festivals & concerts throughout the United States, Australia, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, the United Kingdom and Germany, including performances at Cincinnati’s Music Hall, Harlech Castle in North Wales and at the Sydney Opera House.

Kelly has been on the voice faculty at NKU’s School of the Arts for 8 years and has also run voice studios in Sydney, London & Cincinnati where she worked with private students, recording studios and vocal ensembles. In 2018 she took over as Director the NKU Vocal Jazz Ensemble and has continued her studies with Daron Meader of New York Voices. This October Kelly will serve as a Jazz Ambassador for the Cincinnati-Nancy Sister Jazz Initiative in Nancy, France.