Before joing Red Hook United Methodist Church in Summer of 2025, Terry was at St. John's Episcopal Church in Kingston until the church's closure. Terry holds degrees in Music Theory, Concert Voice, Composition, and Concert Organ. He began his professional career in 1958. He has done post-graduate work with John Rose, Trinity Collge, Cartford, Ct; Craig Williams, head of the Organ Department at Westminister Choir Collge and Organist of the Cadet Chapel at West Point Military Academy. Alec Wyton and Pizzaro, both past organists at the Cathedral of St John the Device, New York City. These mentors were themselves students of Marcel Dupre, Virgil Fox, and Harold Gleeson. His choral work includes studies with Lt. Col. Robert B. Kuzminski, retired Director of the Air Force Singing Sergeants, and the Aire Force Banks of Europe and the Philippines.
Terry's choirs have toured the East Coast and have sung in such locations as the National Cathedral, Washington, DC.
