Eileen Egan Mack is a master storyteller who specializes in stories that reflect the beauty and wonder of the natural world. A resident of Latham, NY, she grew up in Saratoga County and pursued a career in education in the North Country. Her one-woman show “Voice of the Mountains” reflects a reverence for nature and her admiration of the Adirondack born writer/poet/art agent, Jeanne Robert Foster. The program originated out of a love for reading aloud works from the book Adirondack Portraits: A Piece of Time. Eileen felt compelled to share Jeanne’s story and the voices of the people the Adirondack native knew growing up. Out of this arose a program of readings, stories and songs.

As a vocalist, Eileen loves singing jazz standards, art songs, Broadway, pop and folk music, and is a cantor at area churches. She performs regularly as a storyteller and as a vocalist in the Capital Region. A student of Michael Clement, she regularly shares programs with the pianist and has created a special musical tribute to the Yaddo’s Katrina Trask, of Saratoga. She has performed her program, “Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: Albany Girl/American Girl” regionally and with the Musicians of Ma’alwyck. She is happy to bring stories of Jeanne R. Foster and her “neighbors of yesterday” to audiences via this journey back in time to 19th century life in the Great North Woods.