Kerry is a composer and researcher working in both acoustic and computer media. She develops real-time methods for spatialization and stochastic algorithms, and studies the aesthetics and history of electronic music. Recent works include a duo for two violins with real-time computer accompaniment, commissioned and premiered by János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter, and a real-time stochastically generated work for computer alone. Current computer music projects include a piece for clarinet and computer, and music from large, complex data sets.
She also composes for acoustic instruments. Some recent works include (piano) (2007), t.J.M.,m.f.a.i (2005) for John Mark Harris, (orchestra) (2004) - a Thomas Nee Commission for the La Jolla Symphony, t.R.,m.f.a.c-c. (2003) for Reynard Rott, principle cellist of the Hannover Orchestra.
She holds a Ph.D. in Composition from the University of California, San Diego, where she worked with Roger Reynolds, Chaya Czernowin, Miller Puckette, and F. Richard Moore. She also worked with Marc Battier at the Sorbonne as a Visiting Researcher. Currently, she is an Executive Editor for Arts Electric, the arts calendar for the Electronic Music Foundation. As a member of the Centre for Computational Musicology and Computer Music at the University of Limerick, she is a Junior Lecturer in Music Technology.