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BIOGRAPHY
Terry has been playing solo acoustic guitar for more than 20 years. Prominent
influences on his style have been the instrumental music of Bruce Cockburn, Leo
Kottke and Don Ross. His current compositions show a leaning toward folk and
blues with an emphasis on finger-style playing.
Highlights of his music career have included: showcases at the North by
Northeast Music Festival in Toronto in June of 2000 and June of 2002, and at the
Canadian Music Week Festival in Toronto in 2001; opening for Connie Kaldor at
the Vital Spark Folk Club in Brooklin in November of 2002; performing as a
featured artist at the Southern Ontario Fingerstyle Guitar Association in
Hamilton in March of 2004 and February of 2005; competing at the Canadian
Fingerstyle Guitar Competition in Odessa in July of 2006; and performing at the
Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association's compilation CD release in August of
2006.
Terry has been following up his appearances at Canadian Music Week and NXNE with
shows at the Rendezvous Restaurant in Ajax, the Bayly Restaurant in Ajax, and
sixty-six-on-brock in Uxbridge. He has also been performing at the many
excellent open mike nights at The Village Inn in Bowmanville, the Renaissance
Cafe in Toronto, The Down 'Omer in Oshawa, the Bayly Restaurant in Ajax, the
TFGA in Toronto, and at SOFGA in Hamilton.
Terry is a member of the Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association, an
association that promotes the art of fingerstyle guitar through open mike
nights, guitar workshops and concerts. Terry is also one of the principal
members responsible for founding and running the Pickering-Ajax Guitar
Association, which sponsors open mikes, workshops and concerts to further the
spread of folk guitar in Durham Region east of Toronto.
A particular highlight of the work of the PAGA was its sponsoring of a concert
benefit in October of 2005 to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New
Orleans. Terry looked after most aspects of promotion for the event, including
an appearance on Rogers Cable TV prior to the concert. Terry also performed at
the concert.
One of Terry's compositions, Blackout Night Sky, has been featured on three CD
compilations: one for the Southern Ontario Fingerstyle Guitar Association, one
for the Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association, and one for the Leo Kottke News
Group.
Terry is currently at work on a CD of instrumental acoustic guitar music,
"William", selections from which are on his web site: http://www.terryhart.ca.
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