Tuesday, January 9, 2024
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall
On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., mezzo-soprano and contemporary vocalist will be giving a voice master class in Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall.
Praised as 鈥渃onsoling and soulful,鈥� for her 鈥渕ystifying simplicity,鈥� Carrie has graced stages across New England and beyond, and is highly sought as both a classical performer and crossover artist, performing an extensive range of repertoire that spans the musical sphere. Carrie performs regularly as a soloist and ensemble member of Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Emmanuel Music, Boston Baroque, Eudaimonia, Lorelei Ensemble, and folk/baroque collective Floyd鈥檚 Row, among others.
Recent and upcoming solo highlights include the east-coast premiere of Caroline Shaw鈥檚
鈥淭he Listeners鈥�; Reema Esmail鈥檚 鈥淭his Love Between Us鈥�, Bach鈥檚 Christmas Oratorio, B Minor Mass, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, multiple art-song recitals, and countless Bach cantatas with Boston鈥檚 own Emmanuel Music; a revival of Francine Trester鈥檚 chamber opera about the life of Florence Price, 鈥淔lorence Comes Home鈥�; a world-premiere performance of Trester鈥檚 song cycle, 鈥淭he Azure World,鈥� written for Ms. Cheron, using the poetry of Tennyson; Trester鈥檚 鈥淎 Walk in her Shoes,鈥� with Boston Landmarks Orchestra; a world premiere of Trester鈥檚 鈥淚n Her Element,鈥� with the Kendall Square Orchestra; Vivaldi鈥檚 Gloria with Boston Baroque and Concord Women鈥檚 Chorus, and his Stabat Mater with Portland Bach Experience; an international solo debut with Skylark Ensemble at the Holy Week Festival at St. John鈥檚, Smith Square in London, accompanied with a live on-air performance on BBC Radio 3鈥檚 program, 鈥淚n Tune鈥�; Haydn鈥檚 Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart鈥檚 Requiem and Vesperae solennes de Dominica, Handel鈥檚 Israel in Egypt and Messiah, Vivaldi鈥檚 Dixit Dominus, Rachmaninoff鈥檚 All-Night Vigil, and world premiere performances of jazz and cabaret songs by John Harbison, with the composer himself at the piano.
Carrie is featured as a soloist on all three of Skylark Ensemble鈥檚 Grammy-nominated albums, and performs the opening and title track of its most recent release, 鈥淟a Vie en Rose.鈥� She can also be heard as a soloist on Lorelei Ensemble鈥檚 recent recording of 鈥淟ove Fail鈥� by David Lang, and is featured on their upcoming recording of Jessica Meyer鈥檚 鈥淚 Long and Seek After.鈥�
A dedicated educator, Carrie is an Associate Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches healthy vocal technique of all genres.