
Cheryl Parrish, voice faculty member at Texas State, is a regular performer with the Austin Lyric Opera. Ms. Parrish is best known for her portrayal of the sobrette heroines of Mozart and Strauss. Her career began with the San Francisco Opera. Since then, she has sung more than 400 performances on most of the world's stages. She has performed with the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Minnesota Orchesta. She was also elected as one of the eight singers to appear with Pavarotti in the PBS special "Pavarotti Plus! Live from Lincoln Center."