Darby Clinard is a mezzo-soprano and music educator from Waterford, Virginia who is based in the New England region. Darby performs with many organizations in the Boston area, joining the ensemble of Odyssey Opera, as well as Boston Lyric Opera. Others include Boston Opera Collaborative, Nightingale Ensemble, NEMPAC Opera Project, Upper Valley Baroque, and Cantata Singers. She is currently on faculty teaching private voice and piano lessons at the Shady Hill School in Cambridge, MA since the fall of 2023.