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Featuring Thursday Musical Members Scotty Horey, percussion and Will Richardson, cello accompanied by guest artist Stephen Self, piano.
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Dr. Scotty Horey (B.A., M.M.A., D.M.A.) (USA) is solo percussionist, drummer, and teacher residing in Wilmington, Delaware teaching at the Music School of Delaware. From 2020-2022, he lived in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico where he held the position of full
professor of percussion at the famous Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, the top percussion school of Mexico. His strongest passions in music and teaching include classical music, contemporary-classical music, progressive rock and jazz fusion, mind/body “holistic” awareness, health and wellness, and cultural exchange. He has been a featured solo artist and educator all over the USA, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Portugal, Denmark, Poland, Greece, Mexico, and Colombia at major international festivals and universities. Scotty was called “the Twin Cities’ hungriest young percussionist” by New Music Box, and “a performer of intelligence, raw artistry, and the utmost concentration and energy” by international icon composer James Dillon. He has worked with many prestigious performers and organizations including the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ordway Center for Performing Arts, and Ohio Light Opera. Scotty Horey is an endorsing artist for MAPEX drums, VIC FIRTH sticks, SABIAN cymbals, and MAJESTIC percussion.
Visit www.scottyhorey.com.
Will Richardson has performed with a wide variety of classical and non-classical organizations from the Mill City Summer Opera to Weird Al Yankovic. He has been a member of the Duluth-Superior Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony, Marion Philharmonic, and the Richmond Symphony. Past solo performances include Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with the Century College Orchestra, as well as the complete cello sonatas of Bohuslav Martinů for Thursday Musical’s Artist Series Concerts. He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where his primary teachers were Helga Winold and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. He studied baroque cello with Christine Kyprianides.
A dedicated teacher, Mr. Richardson is co-founder of North Star Cello Academy located in Roseville, MN. His previous teaching experience includes Century College, Inver Hills Community College, Hamline University, Bethel University, The College of Saint Benedict, and St. Joseph’s School of Music. He has completed Suzuki Cello Teacher training through the Suzuki Association of the Americas. He plays a cello made by David Folland of Northfield, MN.
Stephen Self received the M.M. degree in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, the Ph.D. in music history from The Ohio State University, and the D.M.A. in organ performance from West Virginia University. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society and Pi Kappa Lambda national music society.
