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CLIFTON MASSEY (counter-tenor) A Dallas native, Clifton has sung to critical acclaim with such groups as Concert Royal of New York, Indianapolis Baroque, Texas Baroque Ensemble, Dallas Bach Society, Philharmonia Baroque, New York Pops, American Bach Soloists and the London Symphonietta. Equally at home in a choral setting, Clifton has performed with Theater of Voices/Pro Arte with Paul Hillier, Volti, Schola Cantorum San Francisco, and the male a capella group, Chanticleer, feeling quite blessed to have performed over 200 concerts with them in a variety of the world's finest concert halls. His singing has been described as "riveting and powerful" by the Dallas Morning News and his portrayal of Apollo in Tomaso Albinoni's serenata Il nascimento dell'Aurora as "sung extremely well, beautiful, flexible and poignant" by San Francisco Classical Voice. Clifton holds a music education degree from Texas Christian University and is currently completing an M.M. from the Early Music Institute of Indiana University. Private voice teaching, clinician work, and concertizing all conspire to make him wish he had more time to tend to his garden and explore the wineries of northern California!