Mckinley's Projects

Bands, Initiatives, Endeavors and Offerings

Troubadour - Modern Minstrels

Mckinley's brainchild (2005-2015). A Singer/Songwriter Competition built on strengthening Berlin's songwriting community.

American Acoustic Christmas Classics

An evening full of American Christmas classics. An Annual favorite.

Vocal / Songwriting Workshops

Mckinley began her Vocal and Songwriting workshops in a Berlin Youth Club called Skandal back in 1998. The workshps are always fun and result in an understanding of voice, breath and self.

Vocal Coach

Mckinley has coached Voice in various Music Schools and had her own singing studio. Most prominently, Mckinley worked alongside Bertold Brecht's granddaughter Johanna Schall coaching the main actors of her Three Penny Opera production in the Maxim Gorki Theater (2004- 2006)

Collaborator

Mckinley has been sought out to collaborate on Songtext, Melodic arrangements and Musical compositions. Most prominently, she has worked together with Marco Meister and produced numerous musical tracks for the successful TV Series "Danni Lowinski".

Vocalist / Texter

Mckinley's dynamic range has been recorded on many projects. She has been asked to add her voice to numerous recordings as well as translating text. Many artists refer to Mckinley for corrections on text as well as quidance on the narrative.

Wikinger Welle

Many Songwriters that played Troubadour came from Scandanavia. Mckinley put this project together to highlight the great talents from the North.

Daughters of Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne is the Goddess of Memory and the mother of all nine Muses. The Daughters of Mnemosyne is an evening celebrating talented women in all art forms.

United Artists of Berlin

This concept highlights all the amazing talent in Berlin. The best German talents and talent from all over the world live here in Berlin. This evening unites them.

InCiders

InCiders was Berlin's cult Irish Band for 22 years (1999-2021). If you wanted to see the band, you had to PLAN for it. InCiders were sold out usually 4-6 months in advance.

King Street

Asked to bring a few friends to a party, resulted in this Trio. Vladimir Spiridonov, Doreen D'Orville and Mckinley, cover the greatest hits of Rock, Pop, Disco while throwing in some original material here and there.

Yours Truly

Mckinley's idea where women sing love songs. A beautiful version of Mark Lowry's 'Mary did You Know' using the Pentatonis vocal arrangements resulted with Anny Elstermann, Doreen D'Orville and Nora Kudrjawizki. Click here to watch the video.