The Tory Edwards            Band

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Tory Edwards was born near Chicago, Illinois and lived there until moving to Phoenix, Arizona at an early age. He is forever a Cubs and Bears fan. Tory is a versatile musician who is a classically trained violinist and is also accomplished on the viola, guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, and drums. Additionally, Tory is noted as an arranger and studio musician.

Tory began playing violin at age seven and soon was adding percussion and bass. He was accepted as a private student of Dr. Max Mandel, studying Suzuki violin. Throughout elementary and high school, he continued to play and won several awards and scholarships. He played both violin and percussion with the Phoenix Youth Symphony for several years before attending Glendale Community and Phoenix Colleges where he studied music theory, piano and violin and earned a music scholarship from Phoenix College.

Tory plays a wide variety of music from jazz to rock to country, has recorded with various artists, and has appeared in concert locally and throughout the United States. He frequently plays in venues in Arizona, California and Nevada. He has performed in Las Vegas and at the House of Blues in Hollywood. Additionally, he has played in concert and recorded with the 80s hard rock band Flotsam and Jetsam and is featured on the CD “My God”. He has also played with various country western groups such as AK Corral, the Danny Griego Band, Surefire and a Rush tribute band. He has worked with Tanya Tucker, and has opened for musicians such as George Straight, Chris Ladoux, and Michael Schenker.

If there is something that Tory loves as much as music, it’s Disneyland. He is a big fan of Walt Disney and Disneyland having been born on July 17th, a day he celebrates with the theme park’s birthday.

Tory has taught violin, guitar and drums at the Arizona Music Academy in Tempe, AZ since 2009.