Praised for her rich, expressive mezzo-soprano and compelling stage presence, Patrice Eaton is a versatile performer whose career spans opera, oratorio, symphonic repertoire, and American music. She has appeared with leading orchestras, opera companies, and music festivals throughout the United States and abroad, earning recognition for performances that combine vocal artistry with dramatic depth.

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Recent engagements include Margaret in Randy Klein's Jubilee; Mezzo-Soprano Soloist in Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Dessoff Choirs; Mezzo-Soprano Soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in Handel's Messiah; soloist with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Journey Through Jazz: The Mighty Negro Spiritual; the Goddess of Water in Connecticut Lyric Opera's production of Anthony Davis' Amistad; Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and the role of Aunt Lou in Highway 1 at the St. Stephen's Music Festival; and soloist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during the Chautauqua Institution's 150th Anniversary Celebration. Additional performance highlights include Queen Jezebel in Elijah with the Dessoff Choirs, Zita in Gianni Schicchi with On Site Opera, appearances with the AOP/NYU Tisch Opera Lab and Southern Crossings: A New Chamber Opera, Fort Worth Opera's A Night of Black Excellence concert, soloist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the White Light Festival, and Bizet's Carmen with the Downtown Symphony Orchestra.

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An accomplished concert artist, Ms. Eaton has appeared as soloist with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on the U.S. tour of The Abyssinian Mass by Wynton Marsalis, a performance recorded live on the Blue Engine Records label. Her concert repertoire also includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Brahms' Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, Tchaikovsky's K Radost and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. International appearances have taken her to the Edinburgh International Festival, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, and the Vienna Festival.

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Her operatic career has included engagements with American Opera Projects, Bel Canto at Caramoor, Opera Ebony, Hudson Opera Theater, Musica Bella Concert Series, Syracuse Opera, Bronx Opera, Chelsea Opera, and Amore Opera. She has performed in many of the nation's most distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and The Music Center at Strathmore.

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Ms. Eaton holds degrees from the University of Kentucky (B.A.) and Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music (M.M.), and is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at CUNY Graduate Center. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Sigma Alpha Iota, a Lifetime Member of the National Association of Negro Musicians, and serves as Artistic Director of Three on 3 Music.