Fredric DeVries is a native of Racine, Wisconsin, and studied piano and organ with Everett Kuiper, John Hammersma, and Kathryn Lowe. He attended Calvin College as a National Merit Scholar and was a recipient of the American Choristers Guild Scholarship.

After graduating in music education and organ performance, Fredric moved to Ontario and taught in schools in Hamilton, Picton, and Mississauga. Currently, he is Director of Music at St. Paul's United Church in Dundas, is Artistic Director of the Tudor Singers of Brantford, and is a teacher for the Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music.

Fredric has performed with the Brantford Symphony Orchestra and the Mohawk College Singers and has appeared as artist in several recital series. In 1984, he became Associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and received the Charles Peaker Scholarship. In 1989, he became a Fellow of the College (FRCCO).