AJ Morrissey is an intensely passionate and multi-faceted musician. She served as the principal percussionist of the Grammy-winning New York Youth Symphony for two years. She also held the percussion chair at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre for two seasons. She is an accomplished African percussionist, studying under Valerie Naranjo. She is a founding member of the New York City-based theatrical percussion trio Catwalk Percussion, with whom she performed off-Broadway and at contemporary music festivals. AJ graduated with her BM from NYU in 2025, where she also received the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Percussion Studies, and is currently pursuing her MM from Roosevelt University under Britton-Rene Collins