Nick Terry
Facts
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Groups | LOS ANGELES PERCUSSION QUARTET, ENSEMBLE XII, SHARP THREE |
| Genres | Percussion |
| Website | www.nickterrypercussion.com |
Biography
Exemplifying the model of 'contemporary total percussion', Nick Terry has achieved local and international acclaim as a performer, educator, composer, and conductor of wildly diverse genres of music. Based in Los Angeles, Nick performs with many eminent chamber ensembles, including the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, Ensemble XII, Inauthentica, Ensemble Green, Eighteen Squared, and PARTCH, whose collective repertoire features many of the 20th and 21st centuries' most exotic and demanding scores.
In 2004-2008, Nick was selected to perform in the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, where he worked closely with Pierre Boulez, Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Eötvös, Sofia Gubaidulina, and members of Ensemble Intercontemporian. During these years, Nick co-founded Ensemble XII, an international assembly of 12 percussion virtuosi that was recently hailed by Pierre Boulez as “representing the next generation in the evolution of modern percussion”. To date, Ensemble XII has performed throughout Europe, premiering commissions from renowned composers Dai Fujikura, Philippe Schoeller, Liza Lim, Fritz Hauser, Yann Robin, Johannes Fischer, and Gary Berger.
Recent notable performances include the Klangspuren Music Festival (Austria), Philharmonie Essen (Germany), Disney Hall, Ojai Music Festival, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Green Umbrella Concert Series, Monday Evening Concert Series, Music & Conversations, Jacaranda, Grand Performances, Stanford New Music Festival, and Los Angeles’ Microfest. In California he has worked with composers Chinary Ung, Gavin Bryars, Anne LeBaron, Morton Subotnick, James Tenney, and piano legend Roger Williams. Nick has also performed and recorded with the venerated California E.A.R. Unit and red fish, blue fish (with Steven Schick). He can be heard on recordings from Capstone, New World, Innova, and Onigawara records.
On drumset, Nick performs with Sharp Three, a jazz-fusion trio that mixes Asian soundscapes and Balkan rhythms, as well as with Folkloriate. As a student of North Indian, West African, Afro-Cuban, and Arabic percussion, he synthesizes unique rhythmic concepts for his use in improvisation and music education.
Currently, Nick is an associate professor in the Conservatory of Music at Chapman University’s College of Performing Arts, where he lectures in world music, improvisation, directs the percussion ensemble, and teaches private lessons.
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