Mae McKenna is renowned as one of the premier female vocalists in contemporary music, as much at home with Celtic traditional songs as with original country/bluegrass flavored compositions.

Mae McKenna began her solo career in 1975. She recorded three solo albums for Transatlantic Records "Mae McKenna", "Everything that Touches Me" and "Walk On Water". She also appeared on radio and TV both as a guest and featured performer.

Mae has also worked extensively as a session singer. She has become one of the UK's top session voices singing on albums by Scritti Polotti, Climie Fisher, Pete Townshend and virtually every Stock Aitken and Waterman hit including albums by Rick Astley, Donna Summer, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Bananarama.

In the masterclass, Mae demonstrated how a song can be completely changed in feel and genre with the use of vocal style and harmony. Students became involved by giving their own ideas, singing as a group and tgetting up on stage to take part in demonstrations.