Occupation: Entertainer, Musician, Composer, Arranger, Teacher.
Address: PO Box 923 , Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Telephone: 207-266-2494
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: johntercyak.com
Instruments: Fiddle, Guitar & Vocals
Education:
Julius Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford; Hartford, Connecticut
Franconia College; Franconia, New Hampshire
Berklee College of Music; Boston, Massachusetts
Specialties:
Requests (over 700 songs)/ Celtic, Bluegrass, Jazz and Old-Time Fiddle / Jazz and Improvisation / Kids Songs / Old Standards / Popular / 70’s Tunes / Spirituals / Country / Sea Shanties / Folk / Classical / Originals
Available for:
House Concerts, Club Dates, Cruises, Parties, Weddings, Anniversaries, Concerts or any other function as well as Studio Guitar, Violin, Vocals and Producing. Educational Performances at Schools (i.e. Anthology Of Fiddle Styles), and Lessons.
Commissions for Original Compositions, Arrangements, Songs for Someone Special and Advertising Jingles & Background are also accepted.
References:
Doug Wainoris, “The Blue Flames”, Down Home Music 207-453-2942
Forrest Wheelock, Maine Veteran’s Home of Bangor, Bangor, Maine 207-942-2333
Robert Marshall, The Deck House, Southwest Harbor, Maine 207-244-5044
Gary Brouillard, Dennett’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar, Castine, Maine 207-3269045
Mary Laury, Executive Director, Scoodic Arts for All
Winter Harbor, Maine 207-963-2569
Performed with/as:
Rattlesnake Mountain Boys; Central Connecticut – Bluegrass Band
Phil Wilson’s “Dues Band”; Boston, Massachusetts – Big Band
Berklee Recording Strings; Boston, Massachusetts – Studio String Section,
Martin & Tercyak; Boston and Connecticut – Jazz Duet
Smokin’ Gunz; Central Maine – Country Band
John Tercyak Solo – Connecticut, Maine and Houston, Texas
Recordings:
“Someone You Don’t Know” John Tercyak – Guitar, Vocals and Fiddle. Original songs, often requested covers; “The Boxer”, “Sweet Baby James”, “Moonshadow”, “Time In A Bottle” and four Fiddle Tunes. 1996 Available on CD or Cassette
“Celtic In The Courtyard” John Tercyak – Traditional Celtic Melodies performed solo on the fiddle. 1998 Available on CD or Cassette
“Small Stuff Kid Songs” John Tercyak – Guitar and Vocals 20 Childrens Tunes; “Puff”, “Old MacDonald”, “I’m A Little Teapot”, “Oh Suzanna”, and many more. 1999 Available on CD or Cassette
“Olde Stuff Family Songs” John Tercyak – Guitar and Vocals 18 Family Tunes; “Blue Tail Fly”, “Yankee Doodle”, “Skip To My Lou”, “Grandfather’s Clock”, “Big Rock Candy Mountain” etc. 2001 Available on CD or Cassette
“Christmas Carols” John Tercyak – Traditional Carols Guitar and Vocals “Silent Night”, “O Come All Ye Faithful”, “Deck the Halls”, “O Holy Night”, “Away in a Manger”. 2001 Available on CD
“I Always Fall in Love Alone” John Tercyak – All Original Songs on Guitar with Vocals. 2002 Available on CD
“Collection” John Tercyak – Guitar & Vocals – 14 Songs from the ’70s and ’60s; “Moondance”, “American Pie”, “Blackbird”, “Carolina in my Mind”, “Cat’s in the Cradle”, “My Favorite Things”, “City of New Orleans” and more. 2002 Available on CD
“Collection 2” John Tercyak – Guitar & Vocals – More Songs mostly from the ’70s; “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, “Country Roads”, “Leader of the Band”, “Summertime”, “Your Song”, “Unchained Melody” and more. 2004 Available on CD
“Love Songs” John Tercyak – Guitar & Vocals – “What a Wonderful World”, “Amazing Grace”, “Wind Beneath My Wings”, “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, “Danny Boy”, Lady in Red”, “I Can’t Help Fallin in Love with You and more. 2006 Available on CD
“Collection 3” John Tercyak – Guitar & Vocals – More Songs mostly from the ’70s; “Rocky Mountain High”, “Brown Eyed Girl”, “America”, “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay”, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”, “Hotel California”, “Piano Man” and more. 2006 Available on CD
“White Christmas” John Tercyak – Guitar & Vocals – Songs of the Holiday Season; “White Christmas”, “The Christmas Song”, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, “Let It Snow”, “Frosty the Snowman”, “Silver Bells” and more. 2006 Available on CD
Appearances: (some)
Local Winner of 1993 Country Showdown with Smokin’ Gunz
State Winner of 1995 Country Showdown as John Tercyak (Solo)
500 Blake Street; New Haven, Connecticut
Gallagher’s, North Freeway, Houston, Texas
Steak & Ale, Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas
Rockefellers, Houston, Texas
Just Kidding Days 1996 (Kids Tunes) Waterville, Maine
The Taste Of Waterville 1996, 2002 (Strolling Fiddle) Waterville, Maine
Waterville Home Show 1999, Waterville Chamber of Commerce
Bangor Home Show 2001, 2002, 2003 Bangor, Maine
Bangor Garden Show 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 Bangor, Maine
The Pub, The Concourse, Waterville, Maine
Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Silver Street Tavern, Waterville, Maine
Kennebec Valley Technical College, Fairfield, Maine
The Granary, Farmington, Maine
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, Mass.
Grand Summit Resort Hotel, Sugarloaf USA; Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Judson’s, Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Big Squaw Mountain Resort, Greenville, Maine
Greenville Elementary School, Greenville, Maine
Bayside Landing, Bar Harbor, Maine, in the courtyard.
The Blane House, The Governor’s Residence, Augusta,
Maine for Gov. Angus King
The Fish House Grill, Bar Harbor, Maine
The Lompoc Cafe, Bar Harbor, Maine
Geddy’s, Bar Harbor, Maine
Rupununi, Bar Harbor, Maine
Bluenose Ferry, Bar Harbor, Maine & Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
The Salmon Festival, Eastport, Maine
Down East Windjammer Cruises, The Margaret Todd, The Natalie Todd; Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor Regency Hotel, Bar Harbor, Maine
The Parkside, Bar Harbor, Maine
Paddy Murphy’s Irish Pub, Bangor, Maine
Bar Harbor Inn, Bar Harbor, Maine
St. Joseph School, Portland, Maine
Bluenose Inn, Bar Harbor, Maine
Deck House, Southwest Harbor, Maine
College Of The Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
The Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Bear Brew, Orono, Maine
Deer Isle Coffee House, Deer Isle, Maine
The Left Bank, Blue Hill, Maine
Borders Books and Music, Bangor & S. Portland, Maine
Borders Books and Music, Farmington, Ct.
Seadog Brewing, Bangor and Camden, Maine
The Whig & Courier, Bangor, Maine
Pete & Larry’s Lounge, Holiday Inn, Odlin Road, Bangor, Maine
Pete & Larry’s Lounge, Holiday Inn, Waterville, Maine
Waterville Opera House, Waterville, Maine
Jimmy V’s, Bangor, Maine
Maine Veterans’ Home, Hogan Rd, Bangor, Maine
The Bangor Mall, Bangor, Maine
Leavitt Area High School, Turner, Maine
St. Mary’s School, Augusta, Maine
Donohue’s Eatery & Spirits, Bar Harbor, Maine
Sonogee Rehabilitation & Living Center, Bar Harbor, Maine
Island Nursing Home, Deer Isle, Maine
Oakland House Seaside Inn, Brooksville, Maine
The Riverfront, Bangor, Maine
Geaghan’s Roundhouse, Bangor, Maine
Longfellow’s Greenhouses, Manchester, Maine
YWCA Spring Fair 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Bangor Civic Center, Maine
Sprague’s Greenhouse, Bangor, Maine
Paradis Greenhouse, Sydney, Maine
Summer Sounds, Waterville, Maine
East Benton Fiddler’s Convention, East Benton, Maine
The Inside/Out Playground, Waterville, Maine
The Old Mill Pub, Skowhegan, Maine
Garland Days, Garland, Maine
Corinth Old Home Days, Corinth, Maine
Oxford County Fair, Oxford, Maine
Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Maine
South Portland Branch Public Library, South Portland, Maine
Stetson Public Library, Stetson, Maine
University of Maine at Machias, Machias, Maine
Schoodic Arts for All Festival
Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, Maine
Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Maine
Midnight Blues, Watervile, Maine
The Lucerne Inn, Lucerne, Maine
Killarney’s, Holiday Inn, Ellsworth, Maine