Born in Bruges, Van Parys studied at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, piano with Johan Duijck and composition with Luc Brewaeys.
Her first symphony, written on a commission by Luc Brewaeys and subtitled "Carillon", was premiered at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR), on 26 October 2006 by deFilharmonie conducted by Sian Edwards.
Van Parys wrote Stanza for solo harp on a commission of the Bijloke [nl] where it was premiered by Isabelle Moretti in a concert on 8 March 2007.
[5] The second symphony "Les Ponts" was written for the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen [nl] who premiered it, conducted by Otto Tausk at the Brussels Conservatory on 14 March 2008.
The music was performed by the Vocaallab Nederland (Bauwien Vandermeer, Els Mondelaers, Elsbeth Gerritsen) and the ensemble Asko/Schönberg conducted by Alejo Pérez.