Margery McDuffie Whatley performs from coast to coast as piano soloist and as chamber musician.  A native of Macon, Georgia, she has performed at the United States Supreme Court at the request of former Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun; at the World Congress Center in Atlanta for the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony; and at the Georgia Governor's Mansion with her brother, Robert McDuffie, an internationally acclaimed violinist with whom she frequently collaborates. Concerto appearances include the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Macon Symphony Orchestra, Chicago’s Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta’s Dekalb Symphony Orchestra, and the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra.  She has performed in Rome, Italy at the Rome Chamber Music Festival.  With a strong interest in making classical music accessible to people of all ages and listening experiences, Margery Whatley has presented a series of outreach programs throughout cities in Georgia, California, Iowa and Illinois.

Margery Whatley received her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in piano performance at the University of Southern California where she studied with John Perry and was named the most outstanding piano doctoral graduate. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with Frank Weinstock. She has also studied with George Lucktenberg, formerly of Converse College.

Margery, her husband Terry, and their twin daughters, Kendall and Lindsay, relocated to Missoula, Montana the summer of 2007.  Prior to that move, she was a tenured Associate Professor of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where she also served as Chair of the Department of Music and where she received the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award.  She has served on the boards of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and the Huntsville Youth Orchestra, and she has also served as secretary of the Arts Council and vice president of the Huntsville Chamber Music Guild.  She was also an active member of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild.  In Missoula she has performed at the University of Montana, and for the past two summers she has served on the faculty of the University of Montana Summer Piano Camp.  She has also been featured on Montana Public Radio.  She serves on the board of the String Orchestra of the Rockies and is president of the Missoula Music Teachers Association.

Margery Whatley’s first CD, Piano Reflections - Encore Favorites, received rave reviews.  Fanfare Magazine states  “...there's enough steely music to keep you on edge - and even the softer repertoire is often energized by interventionist performances, notable for their pungent accents...the program as a whole is a most attractive one, and makes one eager to hear McDuffie in more extended repertoire. Recommended.”   Her second CD, Margery McDuffie Whatley plays Bach, Haydn, Brahms and Ravel, features more extended works.  Both CDs are available online at amazon.com and iTunes.  Her latest CD – From Mozart to Gershwin – will be released in 2010.