Dr. Terry Roberts
Instructor of Music
Francis Marion University
Terry
Roberts
began his musical studies at the age of five,
first with piano, then horn and cello. He completed his
Bachelor
of Music at Florida State University in 1976 and moved to Europe to
further his musical studies. In 1977 he was engaged as Solo
Horn
of the Deutsche Oper
am Rhein
and in 1984 moved to Monaco as Solo Horn with l'Orchestre
Philharmonic du Monte Carlo.
In 1993 he
moved back to the
United
States and started a freelance career as soloist, chamber and orchestra
musician. Dr.
Roberts was a prizewinner in the 1994 American Horn Competition,
Professional
Division. He has performed and recorded with orchestras
throughout
Europe and the United States. While performing on the horn,
both
as
soloist and in the orchestra, he took up conducting in
Europe.
Dr.
Roberts studied in Cologne, Germany and at the Conservatoire du Nice,
France.
He has been able to work with many well known conductors from all over
the
world such as Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Neville
Mariner.
Dr. Roberts was Music Director/ Conductor of the Chipola Regional
Symphony
Orchestra in Florida through 1998. Having since completed his Doctorate
at
Florida State University, Dr. Roberts is currently adjunct instructor
of
music at Francis Marion University and Music
Director/Conductor of
the
Florence Symphony
Orchestra.