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Neil Mackie CBE, CStJ, FRSE, FRCM, FRSAMD (born 1946) is a Scottish classical tenor and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music. During his 30 year international career as a singer, he was closely associated with the works of 20th century composers, particularly Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies. He created the title role in Davies' opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus and Sandy in his The Lighthouse and performed in the world premieres of Davies' Into the Labyrinth, cantata for tenor and chamber orchestra, and The Jacobite Rising, a choral work commissioned to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Jacobite Rising. He has also premiered vocal works by Elliot Carter (In Sleep, in Thunder), Hans Werner Henze (Three Auden Songs) and numerous songs by Benjamin Britten.