Terry Herald Bio

After earning Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Music, Mr. Herald joined the faculty of Wayne State University in 1978, teaching a variety of courses including music theory, arranging and orchestration. He was concurrently pursuing his interests as a composer and arranger. He left the University in 1984 to found GOH Co., Inc., a complete music production house. He is currently on the staff of Oakland University, Department of Music, Theatre and Dance where he teaches courses on film composition and audio techniques. Mr. Herald's activities include music production for the PBS Special Lionel Hampton-Back to Paradise, composing theme music for the PBS series Washington Week in Review, composing and producing music for the NBC Special Not Without Hope, and the orchestral score for the award-winning PBS Special Air Force One: the Planes and the Presidents, and the theme music for the Mr. Wizard Nickelodeon series Teacher to Teacher. Mr. Herald's accomplishments include a commissioned arrangement of We Shall Overcome for Orchestra and Jazz Band for the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, arranging and producing the Christmas Images CD (RGM Records), conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for guitarist Earl Klugh, and acting as the musical arranger for the 2000 CBS Montreaux Jazz Festival Special and composing the theme of the Emmy Award winning children's show Bob's Job. His collection of instrumental hymn tune arrangements is published by Concordia Publishing House and his Concerto for Flute, Guitar and Orchestra premiered in 1999. Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, with Mr. Herald conducting, premiered his American Images July 4, 2004. Grand Design, inspired by Abraham Pais' biography of Albert Einstein, "Subtle Is the Lord", was commissioned by the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and was performed by combined orchestras totaling 350 musicians. In 2008 he composed Fantasie on Danny Boy for five antiphonal flute choirs in honor of Sir James Galway's reception of the Ford Distinguished Artist Award. Commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the Lexington Bach Festival, his Rise Above for Chamber Orchestra premiered in September, 2009. He composed music for ABC NFL Monday Night Football broadcasts and a two-CD collection of theme suites for NBC Dateline. In October, 2005, he premiered Variations on an Ancient Hymn for Flute and Orchestra. His original score for the documentary, Journey to Justice, which premiered in July 2006, has garnered critical acclaim. The Original Soundtrack Recording was released in 2008 on RGM Records.