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Luke Putney has been on stage and in studios for years, playing electric and upright bass, acoustic guitar, writing, arranging and singing with rock bands, indie groups, jazz ensembles and big bands. Putney has performed with Luke Putney and the Monks of Funk, The Luke Putney Trio, Jazzmin, indie group The Sentimentals, and rock band SkittleBiscuit. He has been the featured bassist with Belmont University’s acclaimed Jazz Band and Jazzmin ensembles, accompanied vocal classes at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, and performed with the worship team at Harvest Bible Chapel Nashville. Putney has also stepped into the spotlight at the front of the stage as an Indie Singer/Songwriter, accompanying himself on bass, acoustic guitar, and singing lyrics with engaging melodies that come from the heart.
In 2017, Luke Putney graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Music Performance as a Presidential Scholarship recipient at Belmont University in Nashville. Luke Putney also received a Southeast Regional Emmy Award for his original musical compositions in a television program which aired on WXIA-TV/ Atlanta.
MEDICAL CRISIS
Luke Putney experienced a completely unexpected medical crisis in 2017, when he was hospitalized due to a brain tumor, stroke and seizure. Luke endured nine surgeries, 48 days of intensive care, 99 inpatient hospital days, and continued his recovery with several years of rehabilitation. Today, Luke is out of the wheelchair and walking, working all the way back to his previous role as President of Instrumental Horizons, his 501C(3) nonprofit in Nashville, TN. Putney is also making progress in Music and Voice Therapy, regaining skills, and hoping to sing and play music again.
MARATHON & MUSIC FOR AFRICA
Luke Putney has faced a difficult road to recovery from his brain tumor, stroke and seizures. Nevertheless, while re-learning to walk, Putney decided to do a marathon and create new music for charity, raising $25,000 dollars to support children living in townships of South Africa. Putney faces every day with blindness, no use of his left hand, and excruciating, chronic pain, but nothing will stop him from sharing the joy of music with others.
SUPPORTING UNDER-SERVED CHILDREN
Luke Putney has continued his work during the COVID-19 pandemic on a variety of projects, especially supporting children in under-served communities. Through his charity, Instrumental Horizons, Putney has partnered with WO Smith, a Nashville-based school providing music education for hundreds of children from low-income families. Putney has already donated $10,000 dollars plus nineteen brand new or gently used guitars, keyboards, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Will you support Luke’s charity with a financial gift or donation of a new or gently-used musical instrument?
Luke Putney has been a dedicated philanthropist for years. As Founder and President of Instrumental Horizons, Putney has raised money, volunteered his time as a performer and music educator, and provided musical instruments to people and organizations to make the world a more beautiful place.
He has already donated over a hundred instruments to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, camps, schools and churches in the United States and internationally.
Putney has performed in charity fundraisers for The Center for The Visually Impaired, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, T.J. Martell Foundation, Instrumental Horizons, and more. Putney has been recognized for his charitable work by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, DoSomething.org, The Foot Locker, WXIA-TV/NBC, WABE-FM/NPR, The Tennessean newspaper, and USA Today.
NEWS CHANNEL 5-WTVF/CBS
NewsChannel5/WTVF, the CBS affiliate in Nashville, TN aired this story when Luke Putney walked a marathon and created new music for his charity, to support children living in townships in Cape Town, South Africa. Five-time Grammy award winner Victor Wooten is interviewed as part of the story.
WXIA-TV NEWS/NBC
11-Alive/WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta, GA aired this story about Luke Putney when he was selected by The Foot Locker and Do Something.org as one of the top Scholar Athletes in the United States. WXIA-TV Reporter Jerry Carnes sheds light on Luke Putney’s early successes in athletics, academics, music and philanthropy.
For more information, visit www.InstrumentalHorizons.com
