Terry Oldfield

Terry Oldfield (born 1949) is a British Composer. He is brother to well known music composers and performers Mike Oldfield and Sally Oldfield. Oldfield was born in Lo

Terry Oldfield (born 1949) is a British Composer. He is brother to well known music composers and performers Mike Oldfield and Sally Oldfield. Oldfield was born in London, England and spent his early childhood in Reading, later attending a Benedictine Monastery School. His earliest musical experiences were in the myriad of folk clubs spring-up around the UK in the late 60s and early 70s, listening to the songs of Leonard Cohen, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Bob Dylan.

Terry left school at 16 to travel the world and worked as a roadie for various bands including the Byrds, setting-up stage and sound mixing systems. During an extended stay on the Greek island of Hydra, he took up his first musical instrument, the flute. "I think it was learning to play in this way, with no formal guidance, that allowed me to develop the ability to compose music. I spent many happy days improvising tunes and discovering scales and arpeggios for myself, and soon started to teach myself to write these things down". Terry's only formal music training was in Agra, India where he spent some time learning to play the Tabla.