250-word Biography
Soprano Shannon Barry has interests spanning historical performance, vocology, and choral singing in addition to her roles on the operatic and concert stage. Over the past year she has appeared as Clori/Parnasso in festa with Jeffrey Thromas and on the SCI Composers’ Conference. She also premiered a piece, Superbloom, composed by Patrick Holcomb. Some other appearances include Contessa/Le Nozze di Figaro (DePauw Opera—IN and Aquilon Music Festival—OR), Jo/Little Women (DePauw Opera), coached by composer Mark Adamo, the title character in Rodelinda (Halifax Summer Opera, Can.), Anna Murrant/Street Scene (DePauw Opera), and Ottavia/L’incoronazione di Poppea (DePauw Opera). In concert she has sang the soprano soli in Britten/Hymn to St. Cecilia. In the summer of 2017, Barry went to SongFest where she worked with Martin Katz, Sanford Sylvan, Roberta Alexander, Libby Larsen, Kayo Iwama, Alan Louis Smith, John Musto, and Jake Heggie, and Suzanne Mentzer.
As a chorister singing J. S. Bach, she has worked with conductors Helmuth Rilling, David Neely, Kathy Saltzman Romey, Michael Boney, Walter Huff, Franz Welser-Möst, and John Harbison, also singing with ensembles such as the Columbus (IN) Philharmonic Chorus, Christ Church Cathedral (IN), St. Andrew’s Episcopal (Pittsburgh) Schola Cantorum, and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis. She has also sang at venues such as the Thomaskirche (Leipzig), Georgenkirche (Eisenach), Stadtkirche (Weimar) Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, and La Madeleine (Paris) in concert.
After graduating from DePauw with a B. M. in vocal performance and a B. A. in biochemistry as a Phi Beta Kappa, Barry moved to Bloomington, IN and is halfway through her Master’s, studying with Mary Ann Hart and formerly with Katherine Jolly. (250)
200-word Biography
Soprano Shannon Barry has interests spanning historical performance, vocology, and choral singing in addition to her roles on the operatic and concert stage. Over the past year she has appeared as Clori/Parnasso in festa with Jeffrey Thromas and on the SCI Composers’ Conference. Some other appearances include Contessa/Le Nozze di Figaro, Jo/Little Women coached by composer Mark Adamo, Rodelinda, Anna Murrant/Street Scene, and Ottavia/L’incoronazione di Poppea. In concert she sang Britten/Hymn to St. Cecilia. Previously, Barry went to SongFest where she worked with Martin Katz, Sanford Sylvan, Roberta Alexander, Libby Larsen, Kayo Iwama, Alan Louis Smith, John Musto, and Jake Heggie, and Suzanne Mentzer.
As a chorister she has worked with Helmuth Rilling, David Neely, Kathy Saltzman Romey, Walter Huff, Franz Welser-Möst, and John Harbison, also singing with the Columbus (IN) Philharmonic Chorus, Christ Church Cathedral (IN), and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis. She has also sang at venues such as the Thomaskirche, Georgenkirche, Stadtkirche—Weimar, La Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, and La Madeleine.
After graduating from DePauw with a B. M.—vocal performance and a B. A.—biochemistry as a Phi Beta Kappa, Barry moved to Bloomington, IN and is halfway through her Master’s studying with Mary Ann Hart. (200)