Joey Carter
Since 2000

Music Theory, Jazz Improvization, Percussion

BM-University of Texas, Arlington
MM-Texas Christian University

j.carter3@tcu.edu 817.257.7482

Joey Carter is active in the Fort Worth -Dallas area as a jazz vibraphonist, drumset artist, percussionist, jazz pianist, and organist, having performed as a soloist, with many area jazz groups, Johnny Reno, Brad Thompson and his Undulating Band, the Fort Worth Symphony Big Band, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Texas Wind Symphony. Joey is a member of and composer for the original jazz group Bertha Coolidge whose debut release Live at the Caravan of Dreams 030201 won the Album of the Year in the 2002 Fort Worth Weekly music awards. He is currently teaching percussion at Texas Christian University (where he will also serve as interim director of the jazz bands during Curt Wilson’s sabbatical in fall 2002) and Tarleton State University. He has also taught at Weatherford College, the University of Texas at Arlington, Tarrant County College, and area high schools and junior high schools as a private instructor. Mr. Carter was on the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Summer Jazz Camp for nine years and is active as a clinician and a guest artist, making many appearances at D/FW area schools. Mr. Carter received his Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance at Texas Christian University in May of 2000 and a B.M.E. from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1991.

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