Cody McSherry

Director

 Cody McSherry, an accordionist from Lancaster PA, has performed throughout the United States, and parts of Europe, most notably the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He performs mainly in the genres of European folk music, classical music, and jazz. Most recently, he has ventured into the genre of Eastern European folk music, and has greatly fallen in love with this genre.

At the age of 4, he started studying piano. After two years of study, he found the piano accordion and fell in love with the instrument. Currently Cody performs on piano accordion, C-system chromatic accordion, and Steirische Harmonika (an Austrian traditional diatonic accordion). He has won awards at various accordion festivals throughout the U.S, at events such as the American Accordionists' Association festivals and the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration.

Cody is also an organist and a classical vocalist, and has received various awards and recognitions for classical voice. As an organist, Cody plays both classical and liturgical styles as well as theatre style. In addition to musical studies, Cody has studied foreign and ancient languages for many years. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and has reached proficiency in Latin, Ancient Greek, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Italian, and German. He plans to major in Classics with an emphasis on Ancient Greek and perhaps a dual-major with music. He hopes to teach ancient and modern languages in his future.