John Currey
The Director of Marimba Sol de Chiapas, John Currey was an original cast member of Sticks of Thunder, and holds a master's degree in percussion performance from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he currently teaches for the Conservatory's Community Music & Dance Academy. A freelance percussionist and teacher, John plays extra timpani and percussion with the Kansas City Symphony, has performed with the Czech National Orchestra, the Chico Symphony, and served two years as Principal Timpanist for the Western Slope Music Festival in Crested Butte, Colorado, where he toured with the Kansas City Brass. The Founder and Artistic Director of the Multi-cultural percussion ensemble, Echoes of Africa, John's hand drumming is featured with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, and earned him a commission to co-write music for the Wylliams/Henry Dance Company. A member of Tri-Percussion percussion group and the Music Director and an arranger for the former Marimba Yajal�n, John has toured extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, and Western Europe, has taught percussion at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, Calvary Bible College, Pittsburg State University, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UMKC. His marimba and Djembe resources are published by MUSICA JOROCU.
