Massey, Clifton
Clifton Massey
Brooklyn based countertenor Clifton Massey was raised with a love of country & western, bluegrass, and other close-harmony singing in Dallas, TX. Frequently sought as a soloist and collaborative musician, he has participated in the Ojai Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, and Early Music Festivals of Berkeley, Boston, Utrecht, and Leipzig. A noted specialist in music of the Baroque period, he has appeared in concert with early-music luminaries including the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and the American Classical Orchestra. He is an alumnus of the Grammy-award-winning group Chanticleer with whom he performed hundreds of concerts worldwide. Clifton is grateful to have made live music during the Covid era with True Concord in Tucson, AZ, performing safely distanced concerts for in-person audiences last Fall. He holds a MM degree from the Indiana University Historical Performance Institute, where he studied with Paul Hillier and Paul Elliott.