MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Terence David Odonkor (he/him) is a recent graduate (Class of 2022) of The College of New Jersey with a Bachelors degree in Music. Terence’s career credits consist of arranging, music supervising, and orchestrating for live theater, chamber and large ensembles, and film. Although early in his career, Terence has been sought after as a Music Assistant, Vocal Arranger, Orchestrator, and Copyist by some of the top names in the industry such as Andrew Lippa, Alex Lacamoire, Michael R. Jackson, Zoe Sarnak, Mary-Mitchell Campbell, David Chase and Kenny Seymour among many others. His professional orchestration and arranging credits include (but are not limited to) ArtCentric Theater’s TECHNICOLOR, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts WILDFIRE, Norewegian Cruiselines ICONIC by Stephanie Pope-Lofgren, and a number of others. He also served as assistant orchestrator to Alex Lacamoire for the 75th annual Tony awards. An additional notable experience is Terence’s has apprenticeship with Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Grammy award winning orchestrator, arranger, and music supervisor Stephen Oremus. In addition to the aforementioned credits, Terence is currently working with collaborators as the arranger, orchestrator and music supervisor on the development of a number new works for the stage.

Terence was commissioned by TCNJ’s department of music to create a new orchestration for A Jazz Symphony by Trenton born composer George Antheil for the TCNJ Wind Ensemble to be performed in the Spring of 2023. He was also commissioned to write a new piece for the same ensemble to be premiered in the Spring of 2022 along with a number of arrangements and newly orchestrated covers of classic pop songs for the choral department, also to be premiered in the Spring of 2022 at TCNJ’s Rocks On Concert. In addition to his academic oriented writing, the department of African American Studies at the College of New Jersey has commissioned a short chamber piece from Terence to be premiered along with an intensive research project, all as a part of the 50th anniversary of the departments founding.