Scott Ney

Scott Ney is a percussionist specializing in contemporary solo and mixed chamber ensemble music. Based in Albuquerque, NM, he maintains a career in the arts that allows him to perform and teach at festivals and universities throughout the United States and Europe.  A faculty member at UNM since 1998, Ney serves as Professor of Music, Director of Percussion and Department of Music Undergraduate Coordinator.

Since his arrival in New Mexico, he has become involved with numerous chamber music festivals and ensembles, an active percussionist with the New Mexico Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and Santa Fe Symphony, as well as timpanist with the Opera Southwest Orchestra. Ney can be heard on the Grammy Award winning recording, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. He has been featured at festivals in the United States and Europe, including multiple Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, the International Festival of Percussive Arts Perkusja in Warsaw, Poland, Cathedral of Köln, Saint Agnes and Abtei Brauweiler churches in Köln, Germany as well as concerts in Strasbourg, Nürnberg, and Würzburg.

Ney is a Pearl/Adams Performing Artist, an artist endorser for Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, and a member of the Black Swamp Percussion Education Network.

Professor Ney attended The Boston Conservatory, Eastern Illinois University, and the University of Washington where his principal teachers included Johnny Lane (P.A.S. Hall of Fame recipient/Eastern Illinois University), Arthur Press (Boston Conservatory/Boston Symphony) and Tom Collier (University of Washington). Past teaching positions include California State University-Fresno, University of Washington, Eastern Illinois University, Fresno City College, the Buchanan Educational Center, and Clovis High School.