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 Carrie Cheron will be giving a voice master class in Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall.
Praised as “consoling and soulful,” for her “mystifying simplicity,” 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’s Row, among others.
Recent and upcoming solo highlights include the east-coast premiere of Caroline Shaw’s
“The Listeners”; Reema Esmail’s “This Love Between Us”, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, B Minor Mass, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, multiple art-song recitals, and countless Bach cantatas with Boston’s own Emmanuel Music; a revival of Francine Trester’s chamber opera about the life of Florence Price, “Florence Comes Home”; a world-premiere performance of Trester’s song cycle, “The Azure World,” written for Ms. Cheron, using the poetry of Tennyson; Trester’s “A Walk in her Shoes,” with Boston Landmarks Orchestra; a world premiere of Trester’s “In Her Element,” with the Kendall Square Orchestra; Vivaldi’s Gloria with Boston Baroque and Concord Women’s Chorus, and his Stabat Mater with Portland Bach Experience; an international solo debut with Skylark Ensemble at the Holy Week Festival at St. John’s, Smith Square in London, accompanied with a live on-air performance on BBC Radio 3’s program, “In Tune”; Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de Dominica, Handel’s Israel in Egypt and Messiah, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus, Rachmaninoff’s 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’s Grammy-nominated albums, and performs the opening and title track of its most recent release, “La Vie en Rose.” She can also be heard as a soloist on Lorelei Ensemble’s recent recording of “Love Fail” by David Lang, and is featured on their upcoming recording of Jessica Meyer’s “I Long and Seek After.”
A dedicated educator, Carrie is an Associate Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches healthy vocal technique of all genres.