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Carter
earned a B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, an M.M. from Indiana University,
and a D.M.A. from the University of Illinois. His cello teachers have included
Robert Jamieson, Gary Hoffman, Janos Starker, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Prior
to coming to St. Olaf, Carter was instructor of cello at Wichita State University
and principal cello of the Wichita Symphony. He was a finalist in the First
International Emmanuel Feuermann Solo Cello Competition, semifinalist in
the 1985 Concert Artist Guild Competition, and semifinalist in the 1989
Erwin Bodky Competition for Early Music. He has performed as soloist with
the Minnesota Orchestra under Neville Mariner, the Wichita Symphony, the
Pueblo Symphony, the Kenwood Chamber Orchestra, the Bloomington Symphony,
and the Northeast Chamber Orchestra. He has served on the faculty at the
International Institute of Music in Taos, N.M., and participated in the
Washington Island Music Festival.