MCKENZIE VAN OSS is an indie rock/pop musician and a soloist ballerina with the Carolina Ballet in Raleigh, North Carolina. Van Oss was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin where she was classically trained in piano, guitar, and drums, before making her way outside Boston to finish high school at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, concentrating on pursuing her ballet career. 

Van Oss found her way to Raleigh following graduation to join the Carolina Ballet, where she was promoted to soloist in 2021. She started her music career over quarantine in 2020 by recording with her brother Robby Van Oss of the Phony Santas in their childhood basement. Since then she has released five singles, two music videos including “A POP Song” using dancers from the Carolina Ballet, and has played throughout Raleigh at venues and events such as The PourHouse Record and Music Shop, Brewgaloo, and Ruby Deluxe Nightclub.

Van Oss is currently working on an album surrounding her most recent single "Stereo to Heaven" with musicians around the Carolinas and hopes to release it by the end of next year.