McKenna Alicia is a native of California who specializes in Voice, Songwriting, and Vocal Production. She attended high school at Oakland School for the Arts, and graduated from Loyola University of New Orleans in 2019 with a BM in Jazz Voice and Music Industry Studies.
McKenna has sung background vocals for artists such as Pentatonix, Cake, Tim McGraw, and Latoya London. She was a participant on NBC’s “The Sing-Off” in 2012, where her group became finalists. McKenna was rewarded the most outstanding vocalist award in 2015 from the International Championships of High School Acapella. She recently was awarded the most outstanding jazz studies award in 2019 from Loyola University, as well as most outstanding Pop and Commercial student in 2016.
She relocated to Los Angeles in 2020, and has since then put out a debut album with her band “T∆NSY”, who are based out of New Orleans. Alicia has been working full time as a music educator in the LA area since January of 2021, while also continuing to lead both her solo project and band.