“The real knockouts vocally were the altos, Ashley Mulcay and Karolina Woteczko, with clear, wide-ranging, attractive instruments, expressively used.
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Ashley Mulcahy is a Boston-based mezzo-soprano active as a solo and ensemble singer. In the 2023-2024 season, Ashley sings with Lyracle, Upper Valley Baroque, Ensemble Altera, Handel and Haydn Society, True Concord, and Music at Marsh Chapel.
In past seasons, Ashley has performed with ensembles including Bach Collegium Japan, Theatre of Voices, Boston Early Music Festival, Newberry Consort, Parthenia Viol Consort, Blue Hill Bach Festival, New York State Baroque, and Pegasus Early Music. Additionally, Ashley co-directs her own ensemble, Lyracle, dedicated to repertoire for voice and viol family instruments. Lyracle’s non-composer-centric approach to concert programming has earned it recognition as an emerging ensemble in the field. Presenters include the Howard M. Brown International Early Music Series and Early Music Missouri. Lyracle has been invited to perform and present on their work at university campuses including the University of Chicago, UMASS Amherst, Brandeis University, and UNC Chapel Hill. Please click here to learn more about Lyracle’s activities, programs, and research.
Ashley is a graduate of the Voxtet Program (MM ‘19) at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, which provides four students each year a full scholarship to study early music, oratorio, and chamber music. At Yale, Ashley studied with James Taylor and had the opportunity to work with many internationally renowned conductors, including Nicholas McGegan, Masaaki Suzuki, David Hill, and Simon Carrington. Favorite performances include alto solos in Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, Bach’s St. John Passion, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Juilliard 415, and the title role in A. Scarlatti’s Caino, ovvero il primo omicidio.
Ashley is particuarly interested in opportunities that combine her interests in the arts and humanities, and she enjoys writing for Early Music America on a freelance basis. Please visit the Writing & Resources page to read some of her recent publications. Ashley holds a BA in Italian Language & Literature and a BM in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Carmen Pelton.