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The American mezzo-soprano, Carrie E. Cheron, ontained her Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University Bloomington, where she also studied French; and her Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory in Boston (2002), where she studied with Anne-Carolyn Bird.
Carrie Cheron has performed as Classical mezzo-soprano vocalist of multiple additional genres, including folk, Americana, pop, gospel, spirituals, etc, since 2009. Praised for her "warm tone," and for having “the voice of an angel,” she has performed as a soloist with and as an ensemble member of such groups as Handel and Haydn Society (since 2005), Boston Baroque (Director: Martin Pearlman; since 2007), Exsultemus (since 2010), Yale Choral Artists (since 2011), Skylark Vocal Ensemble (since November 2013), The American Classical Orchestra (since 2014), Arcadia Players, Newton Baroque, Emmanuel Music in Boston (since October 2016), among others. She also was Soloist/Section Leader at Old South Church in Boston (January 2001-January 2016).
A champion of contemporary classical composition, Carrie Cheron starred in May 2015 as Doctor/Loki in Guerilla Opera's presentation of Per Bloland's opera Pedr Solis. In May 2016, she joined New Gallery Concert Series in Boston, for the world premiere of Weavery by composer Marti Epstein, written specifically for Carrie's voice. In May 2016, she made her Spivey Hall (Morrow, Georgia) debut as the alto soloist in Sergei Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil, Opus 37, with Skylark Ensemble.
Recent solo highlights include the W.A. Mozart's Requiem in D minor, W.A. Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de Dominica with Hampshire Choral Society, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat (BWV 243), George Frideric Handel’s Israel in Egypt, the portrayal of Hillary Clinton in excerpts of composer Curtis K. Hughes’ opera Say it ain’t so, Joe, and J.S. Bach Cantatas with Atlanta’s New Trinity Baroque (Director: Predrag Gosta). She is also preparing to record a series of Georg Philipp Telemann's Cantatas with some of the Boston area’s most sought after Baroque players, a reprisal of the program they presented as a “fringe” recital at the 2013 Boston Early Music Festival.
Carrie Cheron is particularly proud to be a founding and core member of the newly formed Eudaimonia (March 2016), a conductorless period orchestra that uses musical performance to support the social and humanitarian work of partner organizations. Their inaugural performance supported the work of Shelter Music Boston, with which she is also a performer.
In addition to an active classical career, Carrie Cheron is a nationally recognized performing singer/songwriter (since 2004). Her original compositions and singing have been recognized by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, NEMO Music Makers Competition, Great Waters Folk Festival, Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, and the Connecticut Folk Festival Songwriting Contest. She has shared the stage with such acclaimed artists as Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Barra MacNeils, Northern Lights, David Jacobs-Strain, Anais Mitchell, and Edie Carey, and is on the voice faculty at Berklee College of Music. Her awards include: Winner at Great Waters Folk Festival Sonicbids Songwriting Contest; Honorable Mention at CT Folk Fest Songwriting Contest; Honorable Mention at John Lennon Songwriting Contest; Honorable Mention at Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriting Contest.
Carrie Cheron was Program Coordinator of Celebrity Series of Boston (2004-2011). Since September 2011, she has been Assistant Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music Somerville, Massachusetts, where she serves as private voice instructor; styles include classical (early music; opera, etc), musical theatre, pop, jazz, folk, R&B, country, etc. |
