introduction
Dr. Jason Terry is an artist who desires to create art that moves. Whether performing a solo piano recital in Paris, playing keys for a K-Pop song in Seoul, or sharing a commissioned work in Carnegie Hall, Jason strives to make each opportunity meaningful to those sharing in the art. As a passionate teacher, he hopes to impart these same desires on to his students, too.
biography
Pianist and keyboardist Jason Terry has given performances throughout North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe as a soloist, band member, and collaborative pianist. His performances have been heard on multiple NPR stations, K-Pop recordings, and pop-culture videos. Recent performances include Carnegie Hall (New York), the Théâtre de Nesle (Paris), and Steigenberger Hall (Alexandria).
As a recent Fulbright Scholar, he served as artist-in-residence for the Cairo Conservatoire, part of the Egyptian National Academy of the Arts. During his time there, he led piano courses, applied studies, and performed throughout the region, especially showcasing American music while learning and engaging with Arabic idioms as well. Soon after completing his time at the Conservatoire, he was selected to join the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Specialist roster, a program for established professionals to engage with host institutions around the globe.
Since 2019, he has been a piano faculty member for the world-renowned Interlochen Arts Camp. Then, beginning in 2022, he was offered additional responsibilities as the primary piano instructor and curriculum creator for the novel Interlochen Online program. He remains an enthusiast of arts advocacy, especially in matters of social and cultural diplomacy. Formerly a teaching-artist in the Middle East, Jason has started his own non-profit, Arts in Motion, to continue fostering holistic arts training both domestically and internationally. Moreover, recent grants continue to support Songs of Hope: Unveiling Darkness. This project, co-founded by Jason in 2022, uses the arts—music, poetry & painting—to speak out against social injustices such as human trafficking.
Aside from teaching and performing, Jason continues to collaborate in his research. Since 2020, he has worked with multiple physical therapists and an orthopedic surgeon to create interdisciplinary resources for keyboardists to better understand PRMDs. He has presented this research for the American Physical Therapy Association, Performing Arts Medicine Association, and the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. Furthermore, he was co-awarded the Innovator of the Year national prize from the Physical Therapy Learning Institute for his co-development of The Physical Thera-Pianist, a collegiate course marketed to piano departments and individual instructors worldwide.
Dr. Jason Terry, a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, is on faculty at Belmont University (Nashville, TN) where he teaches music courses and holds the inaugural position of Educational Innovation for the College of Music & Performing Arts, a position which allows him to collaborate with other faculty and staff members to create strategic and innovative ideas for collegiate instruction.