Teri Kowiak

Teri finds her home at the extreme ends of vocal repertoire, holding a fascination for both the early notation of the middle ages and works by living composers where the ink is barely dry. Valued as both a soloist and collaborator, Teri has performed early and new music works with Cappella Clausura, Wholetone Opera, Red Shift, and Vox Futura. Teri’s adventures have led to performances in black box theatres, banks, jewelry stores, private homes, blood drives, K-12 schools, and occasionally, subways.

Teri’s love of medieval music and her determination to bring it out of the textbooks and into the world led her to found Meravelha, an ensemble of singers and instrumentalists. Teri has served as artistic director since their first performance in 2012, designing multimedia concerts that include medieval art (and sometimes food!). Meravelha has collaborated in performance with Seven Times Salt and other early music specialists, and has been featured on the Society for Historically-Informed Performance (SoHIP) Summer Concert Series multiple times.

Teri’s work in new music includes premieres and recordings of works by Patricia Van Ness, Hilary Tann, Kile Smith, and Timothy Takach, as well as forays into theatrical ventures. She fulfilled her secret dream of portraying a zombie onstage in Wholetone Opera’s debut production of La Zombiata.

Outside of performing, Teri loves to help others make music. She runs a thriving private voice studio, gives workshops on historical performance practice, and provides choral coaching to local ensembles. She is also a composer, librettist, and writer of speculative fiction.

Teri holds a Master of Music in Early Music from Longy School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Ithaca College. She lives in Watertown, MA with her husband.

http://www.terikowiak.com/