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Biography


Josh Gottry (b. 1974) earned a BM in Percussion Performance at Northern Arizona University and MM in Composition at Arizona State University.  He has successfully established himself as a percussion instructor and performer throughout Arizona and as a nationally recognized composer.

Mr. Gottry currently holds adjunct teaching positions in Percussion and Composition at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.  Additionally, he works with percussion ensembles and private percussion students at all grade levels as part of his private studio.  As a performer, Mr. Gottry has remained active as both a soloist and participant in various local ensembles.  He has served as Principal Percussionist for the Mesa Symphony and Flagstaff Symphony Orchestras and is currently the first-call alternate for the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater.

In the field of composition, Mr. Gottry's works have gained a reputation for creativity, accessibility, and overall quality.  He was an ASCAP Young Composer Competition winner and is a seven-time ASCAP Plus Award recipient.  Mr. Gottry has nearly thirty titles currently published by Gottry Percussion Publications, C. Alan Publications, Drop 6 Media, Inc, HoneyRock Publishing, Row-Loff Productions, and Studio 4 Music (a division of Mostly Marimba).

Josh Gottry is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers, and the Society of Composers, Inc.  He is a clinician for Mike Balter Mallets, Pro-Mark Sticks, and Yamaha Percussion.  Mr. Gottry served six terms as Vice President for the Arizona State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and is currently a member of the PAS Education and Composition committees.  He was published in the June 2002 and December 2006 issues of Percussive Notes and presented a Keyboard FUNdamentals clinic at PASIC 2007.

 


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