Terry Henry - "To Whom It May Concern" Producer

erry Henry is a young Toronto born musician who has been active as a leader in many music settings. His leadership within the musical community began at fifteen when he co-founded the choir, Expression of Praise. The Choir started with 20 members and has since blossomed into a full 50 voice Choir.

At seventeen years old Terry co-founded the Middlefield Collegiate Gospel Choir. After recruiting 25 members and refining a number of songs he was ready to enter the choir into the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival. He realized that the Kiwanis Festival did not have a Gospel category and submitted a written proposal to the organizing committee. That same year Middlefield Collegiate Gospel Choir was announced as the first choir to sing under the new category of Gospel Music. This category has since been made an official category in the annual Kiwanis Music Festival. Under Terry’s direction the Choir placed first two consecutive years scoring in the top percentile.

Terry is presently enrolled in the music program at Humber College. He is currently completing his third year, and has aspirations of completing a Degree in Music. His musical influences include Southern and Contemporary Gospel, Negro-Spirituals, Classical, Traditional Gospel, Soul, Blues, Jazz. The following artist has influenced Terry’s style, Commissioned, The Winans, James Hall, Hezekiah Walker, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder.

Terry’s accomplished musical skills have been featured with numerous groups and choirs through out North America. Groups from Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, Huntsville, Bermuda and Jamaica have been blessed by Terry’s keyboarding contributions. Terry has had the opportunity to share the stage with such talented gospel artists as Fred Hammond and Radical for Christ, Virtue, Commissioned and Keith Staten just to name a few.

Terry has contributed his talents in various capacities including: Music Director, Musician and Co-ordinator several gospel groups and choirs. Currently, he is the music director for the group Called to Witness which included 1998 Juno Award winner Carlos Morgan and new recording artist Expression of Praise. Terry plays keyboards for Toronto recording artist Selections. He is presently producing the repertoire for a musical to debut at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in 1999. Terry can currently be heard on the Da Guys, "Chillin" jazz album.

Terry’s lyrics and music on the Expression of Praise debut album shows a level of maturity beyond his years. He manages to fuse blues, jazz, classical and other genres of music into "To whom it May Concern". The result is a signature sound with a distinct blend of the explosive and joyful expression of traditional gospel music, with the youthful vibes of today’s music.

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