Mary Walsh, Soprano

Mary is a charter member of Caritas Chamber Chorale. Mary began her musical training at age 4 when she taught herself to play single manual organ, developing her love for music. By third grade she began playing flute, and by high school, Mary had added choral singing, playing bassoon, choral and instrumental conducting, and musical theatre to her resume. Mary then attended Westminster Choir College where she gained vast experience in choral music as she sang with the Westminster Choir at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Philadelphia Academy of Music under renowned conductors Ricardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Robert Shaw, and Joseph Flummerfelt. During her senior year, Mary was selected by the Westminster faculty as Conductor for the Messiah Sing, and earned a Bachelor of Music, Music Education, in Voice.

Since college, Mary has used her musical talents serving in Catholic Churches in central New Jersey, most notably as Cantor and Assistant Music Director for St. Michael’s (Cranford), St. Bernard's of Clairvaux (Bridgewater), and Our Lady of the Mount (Warren). Most recently, she serves as cantor at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Flanders.

Mary, formerly from Warren, is now a resident of Flanders, NJ. She is the mother of one son, and also has three stepdaughters, and seven grandchildren. During the day, Mary is a Business Analyst for Zoetis, an animal health company located in Parsippany, NJ.