ABOUT MARY

Featured Concert

Broadway to Bocelli

American Idol First Round Pick Mary Mikels creates unforgettable concerts. Her Broadway to Bocelli concert blends Broadway favorites, including a tribute to The Phantom of the Opera, with soaring opera. Additional concerts include Broadway & More (featuring a tribute to The Sound of Music), Patriotic Tribute, Love Songs, Christian Music & More, and Christmas & Songs of the Season.

Born without eyes or optic nerves, Mary combines a three-octave vocal range, layered vocal harmonies, storytelling, humor, audience participation, and theatrical voice impersonations to create concerts filled with laughter, tears, and joy.

Featured soloist with The Tenors and former North Carolina Master Chorale member, she was Andrea Bocelli's guest during his Love Tour and performs more than 70 concerts annually throughout the Southeast.

Each engagement is a turnkey concert featuring professional sound, theatrical lighting, themed stage décor, and custom publicity.

As a second engagement, Mary offers school and community concerts, with opportunities to include Braille demonstrations, tactile materials, how blind musicians read music, and theatrical radio dramas.

During the ArtsMarket Showcase, you'll experience highlights from Broadway to Bocelli—storytelling, humor, audience participation, theatrical voice impersonations, layered vocal harmonies, and Broadway favorites blended with soaring opera.

"Completely breathtaking!"
— Susan Bryant, Executive Director
Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art

Biography

Mary was born totally blind with a hearing loss in her left ear and has been told she was also born with perfect pitch. She has been singing since she first heard Christmas carols when she was two years old.

Growing up, while other children were riding bikes and playing outside, Mary was happiest in her room singing into handheld recorders, creating layered vocal harmonies with her own voice, and delighting family and friends with impersonations of everyone from the dentist's receptionist to callers who left messages on the family's answering machine.

She was delighted to be selected by American Idol in the first round and as a finalist in Blind Idol. She later became a featured soloist with The Tenors, was honored to perform with the North Carolina Master Chorale, the official chorale of the North Carolina Symphony, and was Andrea Bocelli's guest during his Love Tour.

Today, Mary performs more than 70 concerts each year throughout the Southeast, bringing hope and joy to audiences through music.

A Raleigh, North Carolina native and the youngest of four children, Mary still enjoys fried chicken, sweet tea, and making people smile.

Why Does Mary Sing?

Mary says that singing is her passion for the joy it brings people for the few minutes she has with them. She knows this is true, because they have told her this after she sings. Mary may have been born blind, but she knows she was born to sing.

ABOUT MARY

Featured Concert

Broadway to Bocelli

Biography

Why Does Mary Sing?

Mary may have been born blind, but she knows she was born to sing.

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