Kerry Ryer-Parke

Kerry Ryer-Parke

Biography

Kerry Ryer-Parke is known as a skilled and intuitive performer of many musical styles, from oratorio, opera, early music and new works to folk, jazz and rock. She has been the Director of the Bennington Children’s Chorus since 1994 and the Bennington Voice Workshop since 2002.  A recently appointed member of the Core Music Faculty at Bennington College, she is an Artist Associate in Voice at Williams College, and has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts, and the New School of Music. A frequent soprano soloist, she has appeared with the Foundation for Baroque Music, Adirondack Baroque Players, Bennington Baroque, Cantata Singers, Williams Chamber Players, Berkshire Symphony, Sage City Symphony, Danbury Symphony, Skidmore College Choirs, Williams College Choirs, Williamstown Early Music, The New Opera, Aoede Consort, Battenkill Chorale, Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, Northern Berkshire Chorale, and the Bennington County Choral Society.