Dr. Henry is a composer, conductor, and educator. He holds a Doctor of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, with minors in Voice and Music History and Literature. He serves the national community of Trinidad and Tobago as Assistant Musical Director for the Marionettes Chorale and as Conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago.

 

In a career spanning more than twenty-five (25) years, Dr. Henry has served in faculty roles at secondary and tertiary levels, and has developed a reputation as a gifted and skillful educator. He has pursued musical excellence in academia as well as in church, community, and professional music organisations. For the biennial Music Festival of the Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Association in 2012, he made history in being invited as an adjudicator; this was the first time the Festival invited local adjudicators.

 

Dr. Henry is an advocate for music - for its power to encode, embody and interpret human experience in the form of sound. He is committed to the enrichment of the musical life of Trinidad and Tobago, the education and artistic fulfillment of the country’s musicians, and the exploration of new avenues for musical creation.