05/15/2026
Saturday May 30th -- 7:30pm -- Thomas Mass and Poulenc Gloria
Meet our soprano soloist for André Thomas' Mass, Silky Carter!
Known for her “soaring high notes,” soprano, Silky Marsharika Carter is versed in a range of repertoire that includes music from Bach, to Händel, to Gershwin and others. Ms. Carter is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, where she holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, under the tutelage of Laura Brooks Rice and Margaret Cusack. As a young artist, Silky attended the Florence Voice Seminar with Benita Valente, Sally Wolf and Martha Collins.
Lauded for her versatility of sound and performance, Ms. Carter has earned several awards to her name. Among her notable honors include the Classical Vocal Arts competition, (2nd Place- formerly the Leontyne Price Scholarship Awards) and the James T. Townsend Voice Competition (2nd Place). As a concert soloist, she was the soprano soloist in Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Clara in a concert version of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, soprano soloist in Händel’s Messiah, Glenn Burleigh’s Let God Arise and other classical and contemporary works.
Recent opera credits include Ms. Lyons with Trilogy: An Opera Company in Richard Thompson's The Mask in The Mirror and the world premiere of David Lang’s The Mile Long-Long Opera: a biography of 7 o’clock with The Mile Long Opera. As a chorister, some of her musical experiences include performing with The New York Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra, and Korean Symphony Orchestra while she was a member of the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Ms. Carter enjoys singing in community and semi-professional groups throughout the Eastern Region.
Silky is a dedicated full-time music educator in Irvington, New Jersey where she enjoys sharing the gift of music with elementary-aged students.
