ARIE PERRY (tenor) was born in Jerusalem, Israel, but spent most of his childhood in New York City and Houston.  Although he is primarily a physician and currently serves as a Professor of Pathology and the Chief of Neuropathology at UCSF, he has also been a professional chorister and soloist for over 20 years.  Over this time, he has sung with many groups, including the Dallas Bach Society, Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble, American Kantorei, San Francisco Concert Chorale, and most recently, American Bach Soloists.  His solo performances have included Bach's Mass in B Minor, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, and many cantatas, as well as Britten's St. Nicholas, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, the Mozart Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Respighi's Laud to the Nativity, Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio, Schubert's Nachthelle, Vaughn Williams' Serenade to Music, and others predominantly from the Baroque and Classical periods.  He has also written and recorded an educational CD entitled “Neuropathology Songs”, which utilizes music to help medical students remember salient features of common Neurological disorders.  This novel teaching tool has been the topic of media stories by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Washington University Record, KWMU radio, American Public Media's Marketplace, and Singer Network, a service of Chorus America.