Tory holds a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. She also holds a teaching certification in contemporary commercial music styles through Shenandoah University's CCM Vocal Institute (Somatic Voicework™ - The LoVetri Method) and is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. Tory is also a certified teacher in the Vaganova Method through Open Workd Dance Foundation. Tory has done professional vocal work in the Connecticut/New York region for eleven years and currently works as cantor and choir director at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Roman Catholic Church. Tory is the owner and Artistic Director of the Newtown Centre of Classical Ballet & Voice where she teaches private and group voice and beginner through advanced ballet.While at Belhaven, she took part in a partnership arts program that took international music/dance ministry trips to various cultures around the world; through this partnership, she worked in the African countries of Zambia and Uganda and in the South American country of Peru. While at Westminster, she was privileged to participate in the Symphonic Choir with whom she sang Brahms' Requiem at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia and The Messiah at Lincoln Center and The Resurrection Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York. She has performed in Tosca with New Jersey Opera, Alcina with Westminster Opera, and The Old Maid and the Thief and The Gondoliers with Belhaven Opera. Dance credits include Clara, Snow Queen, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Cinderella with NCCB and Clara, Arabian Queen, and Dew Drop Fairy with the Danbury Music Center.