Terry Thomas

Terry Thomas, Operations Manager and Assistant Accompanist, has been an integral part of The Orlando Chorale since 2003. He spent 2 seasons as the accompanist before taking the position of assistant accompanist and beginning to lend his voice to the bass section in both The Chorale and The Orlando Chamber Singers. From 2000-2005 Terry was the music director of the Orlando Gay Chorus, a group that came to national and international attention under his leadership. With that group he toured to San Jose, CA and Montreal, Canada.

Terry's day job finds him working as the Global Performance and Training Manager for Walt Disney World where he is responsible for training all cast members for successful employment at the entertainment giant. A veteran of amusement park entertainment, Thomas has also coached and performed at Universal Studios Florida and Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio.

Thomas has served as the music director, accompanist and performer in dozens of musical theatre productions, having appeared in theatres in Florida, the Mid-West, and in Kuwait where he was the performing arts coordinator at the American School of Kuwait. Most recently he was seen in Mad Cow Theatre's production of Kid Simple. He has also taught musical theatre for Orlando Ballet.

Terry Thomas holds both an M.M. and B.M. in music education from Indiana State University. His major instrument was clarinet with a minor in piano and an emphasis in vocal music education.