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MANSA GORY



Mansa Jamil Gory(Born November 26, 1979) is an American musical artist. Mansa currently serves as the Director of Bands at the Denzel Washington School of Performing Arts, which is located in Mount Vernon, NY. Growing up in the hometown of Dizzy Gillespie, Cheraw South Carolina, he was indoctrinated into the spirit of protagonist artistry at a young age.

In the past he has been the band director at Boys and Girls High School, The Brooklyn Steppers Marching Band, Blackfire Percussion, ICE Cold Performing Arts, and Mount Vernon High School. Mansa served on the music staff at the Rosemont Cavaliers Drum corp of Illinois where the percussion section won the highly coveted, Fred Sanford best percussion performance award. Mr. Gory earned the Jim Ott trophy for best hornline in the World as a member of the Concord Blue Devils where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame under the tutelage of Wayne Downey and John Meehan. As a quintessential member of Carolina Crown, he consistently earned the most outstanding brass artist award.

Mansa is a 2021 Grammy Music Educator of the year Nominee. He has most recently performed the National Anthem at a New York Knicks Basketball game. In 2012, Mansa Gory founded a non-profit youth enrichment organization, ICE Cold performing arts, which serves as a band pipeline from 4th grade through college. The organization currently has a 100% graduation rate. Completing his Bachelor in Music Education at the University of South Carolina, Mansa became a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. Earning his Masters at Lehman College, he plays the Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Percussion, and Sings.

Listening to Mansa Gory's music requires that you adjust your sensory apparatus. The expressions of sound are made with love and pain as multiple genres may be heard at once. Mansa Gory takes great pleasure in creating his music as he holds the complete works of Aristotle in one hand and a delicious sandwich in the other.

More information may be found on Mansa Gory here: https://mgory2000.github.io/mansagory/