Dr. Everett McCorvey, a native of Montgomery, Alabama, has performed as a tenor at the Metropolitan Opera, the Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, Radio City Music Hall, Birmingham Opera Theater, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, as well as performances throughout Asia, Europe and South America. He holds degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts.

He is the founder and Music Director of the American Spiritual Ensemble, a group of 24 professional singers performing spirituals and other compositions of African-American composers. The mission of The American Spiritual Ensemble is to keep the American Negro Spiritual, the folk songs of American Negro salves and the foundation of American music, alive.

Dr. McCorvey is currently the Director and Endowed Chair of Opera at the University of Kentucky and the Artistic Director and Conductor of the National Chorale, New York. Most recently he was awarded the Kentucky Star of Literary Arts.