biography

Mali Irene, (aka Malesha Taylor Browning) is a versatile vocal artist, improvisor, composer

currently in residence with the American Composers Orchestra Earshot CoLaboratory Fellowship.

Her work breathes on an inspired continuum between classical, jazz, world, and electronic music. As an artist

currently residing in Atlanta, GA, Mali is the recipient of the prestigious National Black Arts Festival Horizon

Award in Music and most known as the voice insidethe public art exhibition, the Praise House Project by

Charmaine Minniefield. Mali is also apart of Yvette Jackson’s Radio Opera Workshop performing in Invisible People,

Fear is their Alibi, and recently Left Behind which premiered at the 66th Biennale di Venezia- Experimental Music

Theater.  In concert music, she has also performed as a soloist with John Williams’ film concert tour “Lord of the

Rings” and Malesha plays the role of Annie in San Francisco Opera’s Amazon PrimeVideo performance of Porgy and Bess. Other credits include community and solo engagements with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Boston Pops

Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra- Lincoln Center, Los Angeles Opera and The Atlanta Opera. 

Mali Irene has been a guest and/or adjunct lecturer at Harvard University, Scripps College- The Claremont

Colleges, Spelman College and California State Universities, Pomona and Fullerton, and Clark Atlanta University. 

Malesha is the Founder of museSalon Collaborative who was the

Public Art 2021-2022 Curator-in-Residence with

Art on the Atlanta BeltLine.