Featured December, 2022

Demeris York began singing as a small child when her parents discovered she had a real talent for music. They enrolled her in voice and piano lessons, which she loved. She sang all through her childhood and during high school where she was involved in musical theatre. She attended the University of Northern Colorado on a music scholarship where she minored in music. After graduation, she sang with the Denver Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, where she was fortunate enough to learn from and sing with a variety of international conductors from many different cultures.

Demeris was an educator in Douglas County and lived in Parker, CO, for 27 years. During that time, she sang in several church groups and taught voice lessons. She then took a few years off from music to raise her two young children. Once they were a little older, she came back to her music by teaching voice and guitar lessons.

She and her husband, John, moved to Delta in 2005 upon retirement. She knew she wanted to be involved with the music community on the Western Slope. She sang with the North Fork Valley Chorus soon after moving to Delta and has been with the VSA Chorus since 2006.

She is part of the VSA because she wants to share her God-given musical gift with others. Her claim to fame is that she was on the Lawrence Welk show when she was a child! Her hobbies are swimming, biking, pickleball, water colors, wood burning, and gardening.