Terri O'Donoghue
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Having started on the piano at the age of 5, Terri took up the flute at the age of 8 and by the age of 9 years old was also learning violin. In recent years she has also turned her hand to drums on occasions, can play guitar and has learned to play the harp.
As a young teenager, Terri attended boarding school on a music scholarship where she was introduced to the viola for a brief period and returned to Jersey at 15 to complete her education.
Terri later obtained grade 8 Viola, performers’ diploma on Piano and an honours degree at the London College of Music, before moving on to Kingston University where she studied a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in music. She returned to Jersey in 1997 for a summer holiday with the intention of returning to London to pursue a career in music, however ended up staying in Jersey to teach piano, violin and viola. In the last 14 years she has been a classroom music teacher but has also taught the piano, violin and viola both privately and in several schools. She currently teaches piano, violin and viola at Beaulieu Convent and F.C.J. where she has been involved in many of their musical productions.
Her local performing credits are just as impressive. She has been involved in a multitude of performing work, including the Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the St Cecilia Guild of Strings, the Jersey Chamber Orchestra, a local Irish Folk Rock Band Run for Cover, Inside Job, a 10 piece covers band, the St MartinÂ’s Old Thyme Music Hall, the First Tower School of Dancing, a small choral group The Songsmiths and the Curtain Up Theatre Group who provide regular musical performances to Alzheimer and Dementia residents at various nursing homes in Jersey. Terri has also been the Musical Director for the Green Room Club as well as founding and running the No Strings Attached Quartet. TerriÂ’s biggest claim to fame so far is playing violin and viola on Shayne WardÂ’s single Â’Gotta Be SomebodyÂ’ which was released on 7th November 2010.
Terri currently plays keyboard for a newly founded 10-piece swing band called The Jersey Bounce and also plays violin for the Jèrriais band Badlabecques.
Terri’s biggest claim to fame so far is playing violin & viola on Shayne Wards single “Gotta Be Somebody†which was released on 7th November 2010.Categories: Musicians.
