PRESS QUOTES
“Pianist, composer and arranger Terry Klinefelter deserves greater recognition, and this album shows why…”
(All About Jazz, Vic Shermer)
“She made Petrouchka, the sad-sack-of-sawdust at the heart of this ballet, cry, laugh, scream but above all, dance.”‘
(Thoughts on a Train, Dick Strawser)
“This recording has slink and sass…”
(Philadelphia Inquirer, Karl Stark)
BIO
Described by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “on the cosmic cusp where Mozart might meet Mingus”) Terry Klinefelter is a versatile artist, at home in jazz clubs as well as the classical concert stage. She has performed at the Kimmel Center, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the Chadds Ford Winery Jazz Festival, Jazz at the Springs, COTA Festival, Endless Mountain Music Festival, and Exuberance, among many others. She has made several appearances on the Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Music Series and also performed abroad in Mexico and Italy.
Concerto performances include Falla’s Nights in the Garden of Spain with the WCU Chamber Orchestra at the Kimmel Center, Chester County Pops (Rhapsody in Blue) and the Bux-Mont Chamber Orchestra (Beethoven Piano Concerto #5). Terry served as Principal Keyboard with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra for many years, accompanying guest artists such as Ann Hampton Calloway, Dee Daniels, and Capathia Jenkins (Aretha Tribute), as well as performing on all Masterworks concerts in such works as Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Bartok’s Miraculous Mandarin. Terry has also performed with George Shearing (opening of Bally’s Grand, Atlantic City), renowned early music soprano Julianne Baird (several tours of “The Songs of Jane Austen”), and Ronan Tynan (“Irish Tenors”). She recently presented a performance of Maria Schneider’s triple Grammy-winning song cycle, Winter Morning Walks with an ensemble including soprano Anne Sciolla and tenor saxophonist Scott Robinson.
As a recording artist, Terry has produced three albums, Simple Gifts, Zingaro, which reached #30 on the national jazz radio charts, and a spot on WRTI’s “Hot 11” Countdown for several months. Her new 2024 release on Vectordisc Records, Sonic Landscapes, features all original music written for or commissioned by the artist. Other collaborations include Callie Graver’s Cheer, Anne Sciolla’s Soul Full Snapshot to Joni also on Vectordisc, an album with baritone Nicholas Provenzale, When I Have
Sung My Songs on Albany Records, and several singles released on Spotify with Grammy-nominated baritone Stephen Powell.
Terry recently retired from West Chester University, where she served for 25 years as an Associate Professor of Piano and Jazz Studies. She is a Steinway Artist.
Upcoming Events
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m. Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Sunday. Puts Flute Concerto, Bartok Hungarian Sketches, Tchaikovsky Symphony #6.
