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josh gottry

Josh Gottry's (b. 1974) first composition, Irrelevant for solo marimba, earned him an ASCAP Young Composer Competition grant in 1995.  Since that time, he has been selected for numerous ASCAP Plus awards and has created nearly fifty published works in the catalogs of C. Alan Publications, Drop 6 Media Inc., HoneyRock Publishing, Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music, and his own self-published catalog.  Mr. Gottry earned his BM in Percussion Performance at Northern Arizona University and MM in Composition at Arizona State University.  He is also a member of the Percussive Arts Society, the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers, and the Society of Composers, Inc.

To view information about Josh Gottry's compositions, click a category above.  Links to publishers are included with each title, as well as score samples and audio clips as available.

If you've had the opportunity to perform one of these works, please let me know and I'll include your performance in the recent performance listing.  Interested in commissioning me for a particular project?  Please let me know and I'd be happy to discuss your ideas for a new composition.

All of my published works are available directly from the publisher and those that include
percussion are also available from Steve Weiss Music (www.steveweissmusic.com).

PASIC Handout
from
"The Composer Percussionist"
presented by
Nathan Daughtrey & Josh Gottry

Recently Released . . .

          

        

Recently written in Percussive Notes about music by Josh Gottry . . .

Wandering is "reminiscent of the works by Gordon Stout . . ."

"Part of the appeal of From this Viewpoint is the intelligent scoring and attention to detail . . ."

In Puzzle Pieces, "finally we have a creative piece of beginning percussion ensemble literature!"

A Christmas Vibe contains "eight delightful and unique arrangements of traditional holiday music."

Coloring Sheet displays a "creative use of minimal instruments to create an engaging and challenging work . . ."

Recently written in The Clarinetist about music by Josh Gottry . . .

"Moods for solo clarinet is a dream piece for the ultra talented fast staccato players out there in clarinet land."

a simple process "flows with beautiful and calm unpretentious melodies and soundscapes."

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