Soprano Maria Clark

From the venue:

"Dazzling." "Richly expressive." "A triumph." Soprano Maria Clark is a brilliant vocal talent capable of flawlessly executing virtually any genre of music — from soaring arias to deeply moving spirituals. “One seldom finds a voice capable of such beauty across a variety of idioms,” said Cosmo Buono, executive director of the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition, which Clark won in 2008. “A voice this much at home in opera, lieder, and spirituals is very rare."

Clark brings her powerful voice to Morningside Presbyterian Church this April as the first concert in The Nancy Frampton Rising Artists Series' 2025 season. She has amassed an impressive resumé that includes performances with the Atlanta Opera, FOSBO-Fundación Orquesta Sinfónica de Bogotá Colombia, North Carolina Opera and New England Repertory Orchestra. In spring 2022, Clark collaborated with composer and pianist Maria Thompson Corley, to release a CD of contemporary African American spirituals, titled Soul Sanctuary. She was a member of back-to-back winning teams in the Atlanta Opera's 2022 and 2023 96-Hour Opera Project competitions.

The fall of 2023 saw Clark singing a concert orchestral world premiere of the song cycle, “Message for Your Son,” which acclaimed composer DJ Sparr wrote specifically for her. This song cycle was premiered with the Chicago Composers Orchestra. She also was the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Trey Clegg Singers with whom she is a regular soloist.

Today, Clark teaches voice as an Artist Affiliate for Emory University's Atlanta and Oxford College locations. She has a bachelor's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a master's degree from Georgia State University, where she currently serves as a board member of the school's Irene Harrower Opera Program.