An expressive musician and sensitive collaborator, pianist Mackenzie Lyn Marr is currently based in the DC area where she works as a collaborative pianist and teacher. 

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Dedicated to new music and collaborative work, Mackenzie is a member of The Evelyn Duo (the-evelyn-duo.com), alongside soprano Shari Eve Feldman. The duo is dedicated to works by contemporary composers, particularly women, and has performed at the The Women in Music Festival, New Music DC, the Dark Water Wxmen in Music Festival, Washington Arts Club, the Epiphany Concert Series in DC. They have also been guest performers and clinicians at Hartwick College. 

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In addition to performing, Mackenzie is a passionate educator and has worked as a teaching artist with Arizona Opera and the Phoenix Symphony. She has also worked as a classroom teacher at Washington Episcopal School and has taught piano at the International School of Music (Maryland), Prestige Music Academy (Arizona), and the University of Georgia Community Music School. She currently has a private piano studio in northern Virginia where she teaches students of all ages. 

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Mackenzie holds a doctorate in collaborative piano at Arizona State University where she studied with Andrew Campbell and Miki Aoki. She also holds a Master's degree in collaborative piano from the University of Maryland, where she studied with Rita Sloan, and has had additional studies at SongFest, Source Song Festival, the Castleman Quartet Program, Bay View Music Festival (Opera Fellow), The Atlantic Music Festival, and the Chamber Music Institute at Holy Cross.