“Lisa Terry, a violist da gamba . . contributed flawlessly elegant accompaniment.” The New York Times
“[Lisa Terry’s] front and center position . . . made it impossible to miss her intense musicality and beauty of tone.” The Wall Street Journal
“Lisa Terry provides a brilliant cello accompaniment to [Jullianne] Baird’s vocalise.” The Trenton Times
“The gambist played with an exquisite legato.” The Boston Globe
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“… expert viola da gamba player, Lisa Terry.” The New York Times
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“…the eloquent obbligato viola da gamba playing of Lisa Terry.” Houston Chronicle
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“The concertmasters Robert Mealy and Cynthia Roberts played their solos with flair, as did the viola da gamba player Lisa Terry.” The New York Times
All About Me
Lisa Terry is an avid chamber music performer and soloist on viola da gamba and violoncello. She has spent her career as a long-term member of many of the best known chamber ensembles in the early music scene of the Northeast. From her home base in New York City, where she is a member of the viol quartet, Parthenia, Lisa works regularly with the Lyra Consort (NYC) and Pegasus Early Music (Rochester). She is a long-time member of Princeton’s Dryden Ensemble, and is principal cellist and viol soloist with Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia’s baroque orchestra. Lisa was a founding member of ARTEK, and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Juilliard Opera Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Concert Royal. She is often heard playing for English Country Dance in New York City and at Pinewoods Camp in Massachusetts.
Lisa earned her degree in cello performance from Memphis State University and continued her studies in New York with Richard Taruskin, viol, and Harry Wimmer, cello. She has appeared to great acclaim as soloist in the Passions of J.S. Bach, notably under the batons of Robert Shaw, Richard Westenburg, Kent Tritle and Lyndon Woodside in Carnegie Hall, in the Jonathan Miller staged performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music conducted by Paul Goodwin, and at the Winter Park Bach Festival, conducted by John Sinclair. With Sinclair, she has also performed the viola da gamba solo in Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of Light.”
With Parthenia, she records for MSR Classics. With Tempesta di Mare, she records for Chandos. Lisa has served as President of the Viola da Gamba Society of America.
