Soprano · Voice Instructor · The Vocal Alchemist
Terrie Preskitt-Brown
A veteran performer, conductor, music educator, and voice teacher whose students have earned extraordinary success in All-State, collegiate, professional, and theatrical singing.
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Terrie Preskitt-Brown, Soprano, has been singing professionally since she was in high school. A magna cum laude graduate of TCU, Ms. Preskitt-Brown holds degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education. She has used her knowledge in both throughout her career.
She has been soloist for many major works with orchestra, including Brahms' Requiem, Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Solemn Vespers, Handel's Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Rutter's Requiem, Fauré's Requiem, Poulenc's Gloria, Bach's Mass in B minor, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, and numerous other cantatas, masses, and major works. Her European debut occurred in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and continued through Germany.
While at TCU she earned the Nordan Fine Arts Scholarship, the Performer's Certificate for numerous solo appearances with orchestra, and was named Senior Scholar in Music for the Honors Program.
She was the Soprano Section Leader for Orpheus Chamber Singers for its first 20 years and currently serves as soprano soloist for the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. After teaching Elementary Music and Middle School/High School Choirs, she moved into full-time church music ministry at Highland Park United Methodist Church in 2004, where she served for 15 years as Associate Director of Music.
Her career as a voice teacher spans over 45 years. Her students have been highly successful in TMEA and TPSMEA All-State Choir competitions, with more than 100 earning spots in these prestigious ensembles. Former students are now music educators, professional singers, voice teachers, Broadway performers, collegiate faculty members, cruise ship singers, and performers in musical theatre and opera productions around the world.
For 20 seasons, she served as principal conductor of the Apprentice Chorus, Concert II for Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas, and the Brio Chorus of Greater Dallas Choral Society, conducting regularly at the Meyerson Symphony Center and preparing choruses for the Dallas Symphony, National ACDA, and The Dallas Opera.