Salli Terri
Salli Terri (born September 3, 1922 in London / Ontario ; † May 5, 1996 in Long Beach / California ) was an American singer (mezzo-soprano) and vocal teacher.
Terri earned a Masters Degree in Music from the University of Southern California . From 1950 to 1952 she lived as an English and music teacher in Japan. In 1952 she joined the Roger Wagner Chorale as a soloist and arranger , with whom she appeared at the coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II in London in 1953 and toured the USA, Canada and Europe. In the choir she also met her future husband, the composer and conductor John Briggs , with whose John Biggs Consort she performed music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
As a professor of music at the University of California, Los Angeles , Terri taught choral arrangement and singing classes for actors, taught madrigal singers, and directed the university's women's choir. She later also taught music theory at Fullerton Junior College . Terri's discography contains around 100 records and CDs, and she has also worked as a singer on several film and television productions.
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- Salli Terri at Bach Cantatas (English)
- Salli Terri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Salli Terri - discography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terri, Salli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London (Ontario) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1996 |
| Place of death | Long Beach (California) |