Terry Schlenker (b. 1957)

A current member of St. Martin's Chamber Choir, Terry Schlenker holds a Master of Arts degree in music composition from the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music. He has composed numerous works, including a symphony, choral music, chamber music, and piano music. In June 2004, SMCC sang the premiere performance of his Mass for Double Choir, a complex work that includes up to 10 parts singing simultaneously, as well as long, sustained chords and frequent meter changes. Schlenker has also written works performed by the Ars Nova Singers and commissioned and performed by the Denver Gay Men's Chorus. For Schlenker, to compose music is not to engage in an esoteric, intellectual exercise, but to articulate beauty, to express his deepest self, and to make a connection with the spiritual, both for himself and for others.  (www.TerrySchlenker.com)