Carole Terry

Carole Ruth Terry ( * 1948 ) is an American organist, harpsichordist and music teacher.

Life

Carole Terry received her musical training at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas ( organ with Robert T. Anderson, harpsichord with Larry Palmer ), the Eastman School of Music ( organ with David Craighead ) and Stanford University, where in 1977 the Doctor of Musical Arts doctorate. Her teachers at Stanford were Herbert Nanney (organ), Margaret Fabrizio (harpsichord ) and Joan Benson ( fortepiano and clavichord ). In 1979 she was appointed professor for organ and harpsichord at the University of Washington in Seattle. From 2000 to 2003 she was resident organist and curator of the Fisk organ at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, the home of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Her international concert career as organist and harpsichordist led by the United States, Europe and Asia. In addition, she is a much sought-after jury member at international organ competitions and course lecturer in the field of historical performance practice.

Discography (selection)

• 20th century harpsichord works. Vincent Persichetti ( Sonata No. 1, Op 51), William Albright (Four Fancies ), Ned Rorem ( Spiders ) and Henry Cowell ( Set of four ). Carole Terry, harpsichord. Recorded in August and November 1985 in Seattle, WA. New York, NY: CRI 1986 CRI SD 533 LP 1.

• The complete organ works of Johannes Brahms. Carole Terry, organ. Flentrop organ of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, WA. Ocean, NJ: Musical Heritage Society, MHS 1990 512523M. . 1 CD.

• Carole Terry in Schwerin. Works by Johann Gottlob Töpfer, August Wilhelm Bach, Johann Georg Herzog, Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, Joseph Rheinberger, Julius Reubke, August Gottfried Ritter, Ernst Friedrich Richter, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johannes Brahms and Johann Friedrich Ludwig Thiele. Carole Terry, organ. Recorded in August 1996 at the Ladegast organ in the cathedral at Schwerin. Seattle, WA:. . Ambassador Recording Corporation, 1998 ARC 1021 2 CDs.

• Brombaugh organs of the Northwest. Works by John Dowland, Melchior Schildt, Samuel Scheidt Jan Pieterszon Sweelinck, Peter Mohrhardt, Heinrich Scheidemann and Matthias Weckmann. Carole Terry, organ. Recorded in June 1983 to John Brombaugh organs at Grace Episcopal Church, Ellensbur, WA, Christ Church Episcopal, Tacoma, WA, and Central Lutheran Church, Eugene, OR. Ocean, NJ: Musical Heritage Society, 1986 MHS 7368 1 LP. ..