Multiple Grammy Award-winning Katy Avery, with her “beautifully pure tone” {Classical Voice of North Carolina}, is a soloist and ensemble singer based in Philadelphia. Regularly appearing at home and abroad, Katy has most frequently performed as a core member of three-time Grammy winning new music choir, The Crossing.
Katy has also enjoyed engagements with Roomful of Teeth, Conspirare, Choral Arts Philadelphia, Les Canards Chantants, The Thirteen, and Opera Philadelphia, among many others. Recordings of Ms. Avery have been featured on the ECM, Parma, Innova, and Albany labels .
Katy received her Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University in 2009, where she studied jazz and classical vocal performance, and completed her Masters of Music in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College under the tutelage of Dr. Christopher Arneson. She currently teaches private voice lessons at Drexel University and maintains a private studio. When she’s not performing or teaching, you can find Katy sewing her own couture, dancing, or cooking creative meals.