Marlette Buchanan
Marlette Buchanan has been described as a gifted artist with a ‘divine talent’. She has contributed to many collaborations ranging from theater, to recordings, to opera.  Her stage credits include Ragtime (Sarah), Once on this Island (Asaka), Working (Cleaning Woman), and Black Nativity. 

Marlette has recorded with a broad range of artists including Ziggy Marley, Charlie Daniels, and Larnelle Harris.  She’s recorded and toured nationally as a lead soloist with the Fisk Jubilee Singers and can be heard in the documentary entitled The Freedom Riders.  Marlette’s operatic roles include Fiordiligi and Despina (Cosi fan Tutte), Antonia (Tales of Hoffman) and Marenka (Bartered Bride).

As a preview artist for Seattle Opera she has been seen as Minnie (Fanciulla del West) and reprised some of her previous roles. A regional finalist with the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Ms. Buchanan also was a finalist in the national MacAllister  Awards and the Eleanor Lieber Awards.  Her concert performances include Carmina Burana, the African Sanctus, Sphor’s Sechs Deutsches Lieder and Carter’s Spiritual Cantata.

Marlette is a graduate of Boston University (MM) and Fisk University (BA) where she graduated Summa cum Laude.  She is a member of the voice faculty at Pacific Lutheran University and serves on the Board of Governors for The Recording Academy (presenters of the GRAMMY).