Brooklyn based countertenor Clifton Massey was raised with a love of country & western, bluegrass, and other close-harmony singing in Dallas, TX. Frequently sought as a soloist and collaborative musician, he has participated in the Ojai Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, and the Early Music Festivals of Berkeley, Boston, Utrecht, and Leipzig. A noted specialist in music of the Baroque period, he has appeared in concert with early music luminaries including the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and the American Classical Orchestra. He is an alumnus of the Grammy-award-winning group Chanticleer with whom he performed hundreds of concerts worldwide. 

 NYC is home to many ensembles with whom he is grateful to make music, including TENET, Clarion Choir, Voices of Ascension, Musica Sacra, Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran, and Trinity Wall Street, a vibrant urban church where he is a core member of the ensemble. He holds a MM degree from the Indiana University Historical Performance Institute, where he studied with Paul Elliott and Paul Hillier.