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Sergeant First Class MaryKay Messenger is a Newburgh, New York native and a well-known soloist throughout the Hudson Valley region.  She first sang with the United States Military Academy Band in 1980, at the age of thirteen, singing for the season finale 1812 concert.  She continued throughout the years as a guest vocalist for a variety of concerts until she joined the Army in 1996.  She performed as a soloist for a European Summer Broadway Tour in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, France and England and has appeared locally in several musicals including Godspell, Shenandoah and Grease.  She has sung the role of Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and the First Lady in The Magic Flute, with the Amato Opera Theatre in New York City.  She also appeared as Mimi in La Boheme in Montclair, New Jersey, and performed in An Evening of Bel Canto and An Evening of Operatic and Neapolitan Love Songs at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie, New York.  Since then she has performed with the famous Irish tenor, Frank Patterson, and the Nexus percussion ensemble.  She sang the National Anthem for the 2000 New York Jets/Buffalo Bills football game, and the 1999 Army/Navy game in Philadelphia.  She is often featured in Army football halftime shows, and performs for many official functions at West Point and in New York City.  SFC Messenger has studied voice with Walter Blazer and Mya Vernole.

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