Everett McCorvey

Ensemble Founder and Music Director

is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He received his degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctor of Musical Arts. As a tenor soloist, Dr. McCorvey has performed in major centers around the world, including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Radio City Music Hall in New York and in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, Hungary, Poland and the Czech and Slovak Republics. He joined the Tony Award-winning Sherwin Goldman Production of Porgy and Bess at Radio City Music Hall in 1982 and was also part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Debut Production of Porgy and Bess in 1985. Dr. McCorvey is the founder and Music Director of the American Spiritual Ensemble, www.americanspiritualensemble.com, a group of 24 professional singers performing spirituals and other compositions of African American composers dedicated to keeping the American Negro Spiritual alive. McCorvey’s career has spanned all areas of the performing arts business, from performer to musical director, stage director, voice teacher, producer, impresario, conductor, union representative, administrator, and mentor. He is in his tenth season as the Artistic Director of the National Chorale of New York City