Kelly Parmenter brings more than four decades of choral and instrumental conducting experience to The Colorado Choir. Throughout her successful career, she served as Chair of the Performing Arts Department at Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado. She earned her Master of Education from Lesley University and a Bachelor of Arts from Adams State University. Kelly has been active in the American Choral Directors Association and the Colorado Music Educators National Conference.
Ms. Parmenter is a well-recognized, professional member of the Denver music community, and her groups have performed at such diverse venues as the U.S. Capitol and Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall in New York, and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Prior to being selected in 2009 as the choir’s 2nd conductor, she was both a choir member and soprano soloist. Kelly’s masterful conducting style and creativity define The Colorado Choir’s sound.
Assistant Conductor
Hailing from Centennial, Andrew Fischer is a pianist and singer who discovered the joy of music early in public schools through participation in both choirs and orchestras. He first sang with The Colorado Choir back in 2004, and he briefly accompanied The Colorado Choir several years later. Fischer pursued a Music Education degree with a Choral Conducting focus at CU Boulder. For over a decade, he had the privilege of working with students at Heritage High School teaching voice, piano, and theory.
Outside the classroom, he’s been fortunate to contribute to local theaters like Littleton Town Hall and The Aurora Fox Theater, where he pursues his love of musical theater. Recently he was brought on as the resident music director at the Performing Arts Academy in Centennial. In between, he offers private music lessons to students in the area.
Fischer is grateful for a varied musical journey and excited to join The Colorado Choir once again.
