Horace Scruggs

Teaching and conducting professionally since 1985, Horace Scruggs is an active musician residing in Central Virginia. Mr. Scruggs holds a Bachelor's of Music Education with a concentration in voice from Longwood University, and a Master's in Music Education with a choral conducting concentration from Shenandoah Conservatory. He also holds a Certificate in Music Production from Berklee College of Music. He taught music on many different levels for 35 years in central Virginia.  

Mr. Scruggs has performed lecture - concerts that features an in-depth presentation on the History of African – American Music and Culture. Whether performing as a soloist or with a full band and vocal ensemble, these concerts are both entertaining and informational. Subjects have included “The Odyssey of Soul”, “The History of Gospel: Not So Straight and Narrow”, “Love, Peace, and Soul-diers: The Defiant Music of the Civil Rights Movement” and “A View from a Train: Music of the Underground Railroad” and most recently “African American Voices from the Stage and Screen”. 

Upon retiring from public education in 2020, Mr. Scruggs began producing documentary films on African - American History and Culture. His has produced documentaries for Virginia Huminites, James Monroe’s Highland, Fluvanna Historical Society, and the Fluvanna Arts Council. His films include “Resilience, Recovery, and Rebirth: Sustaining Hope in Trying Times” (2021), “Reconstructed: “The Rebuilding of African-American Communities Through Faith and Education” (2022) “Reclaiming the River” (2022), “Traveling Our Ancestors’ Journey: A Descendants’ Reunion” (2023), “The Port Republic Times” (2024) and Engraved: Finding Family At Oak Hill Cemetery (2025).