ABOUT
Grammy-nominated mezzo-soprano and multi-genre contemporary vocalist Carrie Cheron is a celebrated presence on stages across New England and beyond. With a career of repertoire that knows no boundary, she is highly sought-after as both a classical performer and crossover artist. Carrie has been hailed as having the “voice of an angel” with “unfeigned expression,” that “hushed the crowded room.” Her “rich, versatile, clear voice” and “velvety warmth” can be heard while performing as a soloist and ensemble member of such beloved groups as Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Emmanuel Music, Boston Baroque, Lorelei Ensemble, Musicians of the Old Post Road, and folk/baroque collective Floyds Row, among others.
The 2025-2026 season is filled with exciting performances: Bach’s solo cantata,
BWV 170, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust; Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion, and countless cantatas; Marti Epstein’s Mary Magdalen with Lamnth; Francine Trester’s Neshot Hayil; music of the Spanish Baroque and Renaissance, with Très Maresienne; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with New Bedford Symphony; a repeat performance of Benedict Sheehan’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol, with Skylark Ensemble and Tony Award-winning actress Christine Baranski; a repeat engagement
with The Holiday Pops; and more!
In addition to exciting performances, this season also welcomes the release of Skylark Ensemble’s highly anticipated new recording of Benedict Sheehan’s musical
adaptation of A Christmas Carol, featuring Christine Baranski as narrator. Carrie
appears in the ensemble and is featured as the soloist of a devastating arrangement of the beloved “Coventry Carol.”
Some of the 2024-2025 season’s events included Neal Hampton’s new musical adaptation of Sense & Sensibility with Plymouth Philharmonic, Bach’s B Minor Mass and solo cantata BWV 54, along with additional Bach cantatas with Emmanuel Music; the world-premiere of Francine Trester’s song cycle Neshot Hayil at NEC’s Jordan Hall; Carrie’s inaugural appearance with Musicians of the Old Post Road; performances with the Holiday Pops; and a “bucket list” performance of Respighi’s Il Tramonto, with Monadnock Music.
Other recent highlights include performances of Bach’s B Minor Mass, Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Wolf’s Spanisches Liederbuch, Britten’s A Charm of Lullabies, and countless Bach cantatas with Emmanuel Music, along with a solo performance with the orchestra and chorus of Emmanuel Music at Bachfest Leipzig in 2024; with Boston Landmarks Orchestra at Boston’s Hatch Shell; a solo appearance with Boston Baroque in Vivaldi’s Gloria; Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater with the Portland Bach Experience; the east-coast premiere of Caroline Shaw’s The Listeners; Reema Esmail’s This Love Between Us; an international solo debut with Skylark Ensemble at the Holy Week Festival at St. John’s, Smith Square in London, accompanied by 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, and Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil; and much more.
On the operatic stage, Carrie recently performed the roles of Amore and Valletto with Boston Baroque in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea; Doctor/Loki in Guerilla Opera’s world premiere presentation of Per Bloland’s opera Pedr Solis; and Vicki in Francine Trester’s chamber opera Florence Comes Home.
A champion of contemporary classical composition, Ms. Cheron is a regular collaborator with Boston-based composer Francine Trester, performing four of her song cycles: The Azure World, In Her Element, A Walk in her Shoes, and Neshot Hayil. Carrie recently joined New Gallery Concert Series for the world premiere of weavery, by composer Marti Epstein, and will return to New Gallery with Neshot Hayil in January of 2026. She also recorded the song cycle Alice, by composer Thomas Oboe Lee and performed the mezzo-soprano/viola da gamba song cycle Ascent, by late Boston composer Christopher Montgomery.
A featured soloist on all four of Skylark Ensemble’s Grammy®-nominated recordings, Carrie can also be heard as a soloist on Lorelei Ensemble’s recent recording of David Lang's love fail, and is featured on their recent recording of Jessica Meyer’s I Long and Seek After.
As a nationally recognized performing singer-songwriter, Ms. Cheron’s original compositions and singing have been celebrated by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, 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 and Anais Mitchell.
A dedicated educator, Carrie is an Associate Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music, and maintains a private voice studio in Boston, where she teaches healthy vocal technique of all genres. www.carriecheron.com
“Mezzo-soprano Carrie Cheron sets a supremely high bar with an entrancing rendition of the Piaf-associated “La Vie en Rose,” the singer’s enunciation superb and her emotional calibration nuanced.”
-Textura