Voice instructor Joyce Parry-Moore celebrates book release at Village Books
WWU Voice instructor Joyce Parry-Moore will celebrate the release of her debut book, "Fill the Room," with a live reading and conversation at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11 at Village Books’ Readings Gallery in Bellingham, Washington.
Fill the Room is a powerful exploration of voice, embodiment, and liberation—inviting readers to reclaim their presence in a world that often demands silence or conformity. Drawing on her background as a professional soprano, educator, and ordained priest, Parry-Moore weaves story, insight, and invitation into a deeply human call to resonance.
The event will include a reading, discussion, and audience Q&A, followed by book signing. This event is free and open to the public.
About Joyce Parry-Moore
Joyce Parry-Moore has sung opera in multiple languages, directed plays and musical theater, taught voice to people ages 8 to 75, founded and led an arts nonprofit that brought music to rural and Arctic communities, and taught pastoral care and counseling at the graduate level.
Her formal training spans classical vocal performance, theater, theology, counseling, and trauma-informed care. She holds a Doctorate in Pastoral Counseling, with a dissertation focused on the power of Creative Arts Therapy for healing trauma after cancer— "a topic that’s personal as well as professional."
Joyce is trained in trauma-support modalities, liberation pedagogy, anti-racism and intercultural competency, and lifespan integration approaches. She has taught at universities, worked in sacred and secular spaces, served on arts and mental health boards, and spent decades helping people reconnect with breath, body, voice, and meaning.
