Terry Lowry, Conductor and Music Director
Composer, conductor and pianist Terry Lowry has served as the Conductor and Music Director of the Carroll Symphony Orchestra since its founding in 2002. He also leads the Carrollton Jazz Orchestra, the Carrollton Wind Ensemble, the Carroll County Community Chorus and the Carrollton Youth String Orchestra. He is the Organist and Music Director at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta. His concert career has spanned four decades and has taken him to many of the great cities and concert halls of North America and Europe. An active recording artist, his music may be heard on all the major streaming platforms.
In 2012 he co-founded the online community Musical Overture and continues to serve as its Chairman.
He is the Executive Producer of the award winning film, Hear Us, (2018), and he worked as producer on over 50 episodes of the syndicated radio program The Hymn of the Week with Larry Frazier.
Captain Lowry serves in the Georgia State Defense Force as Executive Officer of the Band.
He lives with his wife, Tara, and their five children in Carrollton.
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
The Carroll Symphony Orchestra enriches the lives of children and adults in our community by cultivating deep listening and sustained engagement with the living symphonic tradition—connecting music of the past with the creation of new work today.
Our seasons present a continuing exploration of the living symphonic tradition, connecting masterworks of the past with the creation of new music in the present. We return to major works often to allow both musicians and audiences to refine their understanding and find new meaning in extended musical forms. Our long-term artistic vision is to cultivate performances of increasing clarity, balance, and expressive integrity. In concert halls and through recordings, we seek to create experiences that help our community engage more profoundly with their own emotional and intellectual lives.
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