An avid performer of new music, Zory has premiered numerous works and roles with New York Opera Fest, Hunter Opera Theatre at the Kaye Playhouse, the Nouveau Classical Project, and Metropolis Opera Project. She performs with pianist Walter Aparicio as Duo Chux, a new music collaboration dedicated to developing and presenting contemporary works. Together they have participated in world premieres, recordings, and performances of newly commissioned music.

Her recent seasons have included the title role in Strauss’s Elektra with the New York Chamber Music Festival; performances in the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s Puccini Showcase, Viva Verdi, and A Royal Day at the Opera; a debut at Carnegie Weill Hall with ACMA; two-episode appearance on PBS Television’s Poetry in America; and a recital with the Santa Cruz Foundation for the Performing Arts at the Benderly-Kendall Opera House.

Zory’s repertoire includes Maddalena de Coigny in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier, Elisabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Leonora in Il trovatore, Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Ortrud in Wagner’s Lohengrin, Turandot in Puccini’s Turandot, the Female Chorus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Lady Bird in Mollicone’s Lady Bird: First Lady of the Land, and Alida Slade in Ward’s Roman Fever. She has also performed excerpts from Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Die Walküre, Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth, Abigaille in Nabucco, Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, and Cassandra in Berlioz’s Les Troyens.

Earlier engagements include Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana in Philadelphia; the title role in Puccini’s Turandot at the National Opera Center; and her Carnegie Zankel Hall debut with ACMA. She has also been a recipient of the New Jersey State Opera Alfredo Silipigni Vocal Competition, where she won second place.
In addition to her performance career, Zory is an experienced educator and lecturer. She has given guest lectures throughout the City University of New York system, including at Macaulay Honors College, City College, Baruch College, Brooklyn College, Lehman College, Queens College, John Jay College, the College of Staten Island, and Hunter College. Her television appearances include MTV Network, PBS Television’s Poetry in America, MNN’s The Manhattan Classical and Opera Series, and CUNY Television.

Zory is an alumna of The Juilliard School, Ithaca College, and CUNY Hunter College. She serves on the board of the Association of Classical Musicians and Artists and continues to perform and develop new music with Walter Aparicio through Duo Chux.