CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet
• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles
• Hip Hop
• Jazz

Jecorey Arthur is a teacher, musician, and activist from the West End of Louisville, KY. He has performed as a percussionist and vocalist around the world—from Switzerland’s Jungfrau Erzählfestival to Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival, Louisville’s Forecastle Festival, New York’s 92nd Street Y, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. He is an endorsed artist with Salyers Percussion, an instructor at the Louisville Academy of Music, and an artist roster member of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). His recording and composition work spans theatre, film, television, radio, podcasts, and studio albums, while his live performances include soloist appearances with professional orchestras in Baltimore, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Indianapolis, Miami, Nashville, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Petersburg, and Calgary (Canada). Notably, Arthur was the first hip-hop artist to perform with the Louisville Orchestra, premiering the folk opera The Way Forth and starring as Muhammad Ali in the rap opera The Greatest: Muhammad Ali. Arthur’s unique performances follow the IMAN principles of being spiritually rooted, spatially relevant, and socially conscious. You can follow Arthur at @jecoreyarthur