Carole Ruth Terry (born December 30, 1948 in

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) is an

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, and

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Biography

Carole Terry studied at

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(

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with Robert T. Anderson,

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with Larry Palmer), at the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1921 by celebrated industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, it was the ...

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(organ with David Craighead), and at

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, where she graduated in 1977 with a

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degree in Early Music Performance Practice. Her teachers in Stanford were Herbert Nanney (organ), Margaret Fabrizio (harpsichord), and Joan Benson (

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and

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). From 1979 until her

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in 2019, she was professor of organ and harpsichord at the

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School of Music in

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. From 2000 until 2003, she was Resident Organist and curator of the C. B. Fisk organ at

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in Seattle. As organist and harpsichordist, she has performed throughout the

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, and

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, and frequently serves as jury member for international organ competitions and lecturer for master classes in keyboard performance practice.Biography on the Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists Website.
Retrieved December 30, 2024.

Discography

* Brombaugh organs of the Northwest. ** Works of

John Dowland John Dowland ( – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", " Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", " N ...

Melchior Schildt Melchior Schildt (born 1592 or 1593, Hanover – 18 May 1667) was a German composer and organist of the North German Organ School. He came from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capit ...

Samuel Scheidt Samuel Scheidt (baptized 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Life and career Scheidt was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with ...

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( ; April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard comp ...

, Peter Mohrhardt, Heinrich Scheidemann, and

Matthias Weckmann Matthias Weckmann (''Weckman'') (''c''.1616 24 February 1674) was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia) and died in Hamburg. Life His musical training took place in Dresden (as a chorister ...

. Recorded in June 1983 on the

John Brombaugh John Burlin Brombaugh (born March 1, 1937) is an American pipe organ builder known for his historically oriented tracker action pipe organs. Personal life and early training Born in Dayton, Ohio, Brombaugh (related to the Brumbaugh families) f ...

organs at Grace Episcopal Church in Ellensburg, WA, Christ Episcopal Church in

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, and Central Lutheran Church in

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. Oakhurst, NJ:

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, 1986. MHS 7368. 1 LP. * 20th century harpsichord works. **

Vincent Persichetti Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work ...

(''Sonata'' No. 1 op. 51), William Albright (''Four Fancies''),

Ned Rorem Ned Miller Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading American of his time writing i ...

(''Spiders''), and

Henry Cowell Henry Dixon Cowell (; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher Marchioni, Tonimarie (2012)"Henry Cowell: A Life Stranger Than Fiction" ''The Juilliard Journal''. Retrieved 19 June 2022.C ...

(''Set of four''). Recorded in August and November 1985 in Seattle. New York, NY: CRI, 1986 CRI SD 533. 1 LP. * The complete organ works of Johannes Brahms. **

Flentrop Flentrop is a Dutch company based in Zaandam that builds and restores Organ (music), organs. History The company originated in 1903 when Hendrik Wicher Flentrop (1866-1950) from Koog aan de Zaan, originally a house painter by trade, and organist ...

organ at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle. Oakhurst, NJ: Musical Heritage Society, 1990. MHS 512523M. 1 CD. * Carole Terry in Schwerin. ** Works by

Johann Gottlob Töpfer Johann Gottlob Töpfer (1791–1870) was a German organ theorist, advisor, organist, teacher and composer. He was born on 4 December 1791 in Niederroßla, and died on 8 June 1870 in Weimar. Between 1804 and 1808 Töpfer attended the Wilhelm-Erns ...

, August Wilhelm Bach, Johann Georg Herzog, Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck,

Josef Rheinberger Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was an organist and composer from Liechtenstein, residing in Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria for most of his life. As court conductor in Munich, he was responsible for the music in the ...

, Julius Reubke, August Gottfried Ritter, Ernst Friedrich Richter,

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

, and Johann Friedrich Ludwig Thiele. Recorded in August 1996 on the

Friedrich Ladegast Friedrich Ladegast (August 30, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a famous Germany, German organ builder. Ladegast was born in Hochhermsdorf (now Zettlitz, Hermsdorf), Kingdom of Saxony, Saxony, to a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He worked first for his ...

organ at

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. Seattle: Ambassador Recording Corporation, 1998. ARC 1021. 2 CDs. * Carole Terry plays the Watjen concert organ. ** Works by Felix Mendelssohn, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, William Albright,

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, John Stanley, Robert Schumann,

Louis Vierne Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. He was the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death. As a composer, much of his output was Organ (music), organ music, including six ...

, and

Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ sympho ...

. Recorded December 13 and 20, 2004, and in September 2006, on the C. B. Fisk organ (Opus 114) at Benaroya Hall, Seattle. Seattle: Loft Recordings, 2008. LRCD-1105. 1 CD.

References

External links

Faculty Website at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
Retrieved December 30, 2024.
Artist Biography on the Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists Website.
Retrieved December 30, 2024. {{DEFAULTSORT:Terry, Carole American classical organists American women organists American harpsichordists Women harpsichordists Southern Methodist University alumni Eastman School of Music alumni Stanford University alumni 1948 births Living people People from Long Island People from Southampton (town), New York 21st-century American organists 21st-century American women musicians 21st-century American keyboardists American women keyboardists