
Josh Gottry’s performance record spans over 30 years with experience ranging from professional orchestras to poolside steel drum, musical theater to solo recitals, and church worship teams to jazz combos and chamber ensembles. He has served as principal percussionist with the Flagstaff Symphony and Symphony of the Southwest and performed with the Phoenix Symphony, West Valley Symphony Orchestra, West Valley Chamber Percussion Ensemble, and Salt River Brass. He has played percussion and drumset for the Chandler Children’s Choir, ACDA Western Division Honor Choir, OAKE National Conference Choirs, Phoenix Girls Chorus, and Phoenix Theatre, performed regularly for productions at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, and spent ten years as the first-call alternate percussionist for the Broadway Palm West Dinner Theatre.
EXERCISE & ETUDE (coming soon)
PASIC 2007 – Keyboard FUNdamentals
AMEA 2010 – Teaching through Percussion Ensemble
PASIC 2011 – The Composer Percussionist
AMEA 2013 – Percussion Test Kitchen
NMPAS 2013 – Seven Tips for Success in the Music Business
PASIC 2015 – Cajon FUNdamentals
AMEA 2017 – Portable Pedagogical Percussion Ensembles
WWU 2018 – This is a Vibraphone
AMEA 2024 – “LATIN!”: What Exactly Do You Mean by That?
BALTER MALLETS
MEINL PERCUSSION
REMO DRUM HEADS
VIC FIRTH STICKS & MALLETS
YAMAHA PERCUSSION