Patricia Terry-Ross is a harpist and music educator who was named Kresge Eminent Artist for 2017. She has been principal harpist at the

Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit Opera is the principal opera company in Michigan, USA. The company is based in Detroit, where it performs in the Detroit Opera House. Prior to February 28, 2022, the company was named the Michigan Opera Theatre. Each year it presents an ope ...

for 40 years as of 2017, and has also played with the

Detroit Symphony Orchestra The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its primary performance venue is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. Jader Bignamini is the current music d ...

. She began studying the harp with Velma Froude at Cass Technical High School in Detroit; attended the University of Michigan where she received both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, studying harp with Ruth Dean Clark and voice with Rosemary Russell. Terry-Ross did additional graduate work with harpist Lucile Lawrence at

Tanglewood Institute The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is a summer music training program for students age 10 to 20 in Lenox, Massachusetts, under the auspices of the Boston University College of Fine Arts. History BUTI was envisioned in 1965 when E ...

in Massachusetts.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Terry-Ross, Patricia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American classical harpists African-American music educators Musicians from Detroit 21st-century African-American people