Terry Winter Owens

Terry Winter Owens (194131 July 2007) was an American composer and music educator. Biography Terry Winter Owens was born in New York City, and began composing at age ten. She took music lessons as a child and won a scholarship to study with Lisa Szylagi Grad. Later she studied composition with Ralph Shapey and Mark Brunswick and earned a B.A. in music from The City College of New York. She continued her studies at New York University. Owens performed as a violinist, pianist and harpsichordist with orchestras and chamber ensembles, serving as musical director for the Staten Island Baroque Ensemble. She was employed as pianist for the Richmond Opera Collection and played first violin in La Puma Opera Company Orchestra. She also worked as a free-lance music editor and pioneered in the use of music editing software. Owens taught music and composition privately, and also at the Neighborhood Music School of New York, and the Music Institute of Staten Island. Owens collaborated with filmmaker Douglas Morse on the film The Lost Children of Coney Island through a grant from The American Composers Forum. She also composed the film score for The Clearing which was selected from over 300 entri