A native of Indiana, Larry Maxey was a student of Keith Stein at Michigan State University, where he received his undergraduate degree.
Maxey has performed nationwide and internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player.
His career has taken him to Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, Costa Rica and Lithuania.
He performed with the Stamitz Quartet at the International Festival de Musica in Portugal in 1995 and toured Lithuania in 1996 and 2004, playing concerts with orchestras as well as conducting master classes.
Recent performances include a recital on the Fontana Chamber Music Series in Michigan in the summer of 2005, a residency at the State University of New York-Oswego in October 2005, as a soloist with the KU Jazz Ensemble (University of Kansas) in Duke Ellington's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite in November 2005.