Lorraine Sherry’s passion in life has always been music – primarily singing – beginning with her first solo in third grade. She was selected for Allstate Choir while in high school; elected president of the Opera Workshop at Vassar; and has been a member of many choirs, including a Gregorian Chant choir in Poughkeepsie, the Vassar Glee Club and Madrigal Group, the Radcliffe Choral Society, Masterworks Chorale in Boston, Boulder Bach Festival, Saint John’s Episcopal Cathedral chancel choir, and many more. Although she majored in physics while attending undergraduate and graduate schools, she minored in music and took a one-year graduate course in the music of J.S. Bach at M.I.T. from Klaus Liepmann. She studied voice with Albert Van Ackere (formerly of Pro Musica, Brussels), Maria Coffey in Boston, and Rebecca Barker in Florida. She has worked with many of the local musicians and choir directors who will serve as guest presenters in this Academy course. Lorraine facilitated the “Sacred Music” course at The Academy in 2012.
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