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Biography
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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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.