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  • Kerry has been singing all her life – part of her early years at home with her mother who was opera trained and a skilled pianist
  • Early years saw Kerry participating in school and church choirs – being very correct with her pitch and able to sing harmonies with ease
  • In secondary school she sang lead vocals in Gilbert and Sullivan productions and her music teacher referred her to leading opera teacher at University of Melbourne, Viola Morris
  • She trained at the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music and at this time also formed a female harmony trio, Topaze who were very successful and performed floor shows at large venues, corporate functions and on TV. They recorded vocals for albums and were much in demand for weddings.
  • Topaze joined a group of pro musicians to form the 7 piece band Harlow and at this time they made demo recordings for themselves and other artists as well as session vocals for TV and radio advertising.
  • Topaze was selected to participate in a professional production as the backing singers. This show travelled extensively and performed 4 X per week on average.
  • When this show finished Kerry became a founding member as the vocalist of the Wombat Jazz band who had a residency at the Troubadour venue in South Melbourne. Other musicians in this band included Chong Lim and Willy Zygier.  This successful band continued for some time and developed a following.
  • For a few years Kerry was soprano in the highly regarded Essendon Choral Society performing works such as Handel’s Messiah and Carmina Burana.
  • In the years following this Kerry joined the local Basin Theatre Group and developed her skills as an actor and additionally in technical support. Some of this time was when her family of three children was young and it was less possible to be performing in bands.
  • When she resumed teaching Kerry was often heavily involved in her school’s Performing Arts programs, teaching music, dance and drama and assisting with school productions and choirs. She also ran the successful school Aerobics teams and one team was state champion.
  • Eventually her children were older and Kerry joined the 17 piece Shake Your Tailfeather Band playing all the hits of Ray Charles. She performed in the show Genius as a soloist and was involved in its successful run at Melbourne Fringe Festival.
  • Kerry was one of the founding members who established the Leave Your Hat On Band, a 12 piece show band featuring some of Melbourne’s best musicians including Bob Spencer (Skyhooks, The Angels) Jeff Barnes and Andy Burns and Brenden Mason (Madder Lake). Kerry selected and trained two other female vocalists, Georga Byrne and Nardia Brancatisano in the complex harmonies that she had arranged. This band has been a highly regarded and successful band playing venues around Melbourne from 2015.
  • Concurrently 2015 to the present, she has also performed with her duo Meraki at many venues around Melbourne and in regional Victoria. In this duo she also plays guitar, ukulele and percussion. It has also provided her with some opportunities to perform original material. Meraki has established itself as a resident at Bridges Restaurant and was back to performing there as its first post Covid19 Act.
  • In 2018 Kerry joined the 8 piece disco band Club 54 as a lead vocalist
  • In 2019 she joined the What the Funk 6 piece band as a lead vocalist and was preparing to launch the band on March 28 2020 with a follow up gig on April 4 and other likely gigs all cancelled due to COVID19.
  • Kerry can sing in a range of styles and has a huge four octave range. In addition to her lead vocalist performing skills, she can arrange and perform complex harmonies.
  • She was a founding member of the For The Love Of It Choir which performed RnB, Soul and Gospel classics in beautiful harmonies under the leadership of Angela Librandi.
  • During COVID19 Kerry was running her own online choir for friends who were missing singing in the choir. She designed the weekly sessions with warm ups, arranged the harmonies for the chosen songs each week and provided opportunities for members to improvise and solo.
  • During the necessary time apart from performing due to COVID19 Kerry has been working remotely with producer Elián Sellanes to record and arrange some of her own original material. She released the album and performed the songs live at the June 18 album launch at Paris Cat. Goddess – her first original album has a diverse range of styles and themes that are personal, social and political.
  • Kerry has been writing songs for as long as she can remember and has a repertoire of over 300 songs to choose from for this project. In 2018 she was awarded 6th place for her lyrics in the Australian Songwriters’ Association Songwriting Contest. In 2020 her entry was shortlisted for the prestigious Open category which includes international entries. In 2022 both her entries have again been shortlisted. She continues to write whenever inspiration strikes which is frequent!!