Outside the Box is a collection of four progressive solos and one duet for cajon. Each piece is intended to develop comfort with a variety of sounds and to assist the performer in creating a vocabulary of idiomatic and creative grooves for the instrument. Use the Instrument Key and Diagram on the facing page as a reference, but strive to familiarize yourself with your instrument, what your hands and feet can uniquely create, and enjoy playing grooves and making music outside the box !
Difficulty: Medium to Medium Difficult
Duration ca. 18:00
1-2 Cajons
PROGRAM NOTES
Outside the Box is a collection of four progressive solos and one duet for cajon. Each piece is intended to develop comfort with a variety of sounds and to assist the performer in creating a vocabulary of idiomatic and creative grooves for the instrument. Use the Instrument Key and Diagram on the facing page as a reference, but strive to familiarize yourself with your instrument, what your hands and feet can uniquely create, and enjoy playing grooves and making music outside the box !
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
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 that have been performed extensively at universities, junior high and high schools, and multiple national conferences. Mr. Gottry earned his BM in Percussion Performance at Northern Arizona University and his MM in Composition at Arizona State University and is currently an adjunct professor of music at Chandler-Gilbert Community College teaching percussion, composition, and music theory. Additionally, he maintains a private percussion studio and performs regularly throughout Arizona as a percussion soloist and participant in various local ensembles. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers and is a clinician for Mike Balter Mallets, Pro-Mark Sticks, and Yamaha Percussion. Mr. Gottry also serves as President for the Arizona State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, Chair of the PAS Composition Committee, and is an active member of the PAS Education Committee. He has been published several times in Percussive Notes, presented a keyboard percussion clinic at PASIC 2007 and co-presented a professional development session with Nathan Daughtrey at PASIC 2011.
Jonny Woodbury
Jonny Woodbury (b. 1994) is a composer and percussionist with a diverse musical background and eclectic influences. His primary study has emphasized vibraphone and hand percussion performance, but his musical background includes classical percussion training, drumset, and piano. He performs regularly as a member of a local community percussion ensemble and several jazz combos, and has been featured as a soloist with these groups. Additionally he has performed as a guest with the Chandler-Gilbert Community College Big Band alongside such names as Eric Marienthal, Mike Kocour, and Dean Sorenson, and played percussion with the CGCC College Singers at the Arizona Music Educators Association Convention. Jonny has been selected to participate in numerous local and national jazz and percussion camps including the Arizona State University Latin Jazz Camp and the University of Central Florida Mallet & Percussion Camp. He has been recognized as an outstanding performer at several AZPAS Days of Percussion and was chosen as a member of the inaugural AZPAS High School Honor Percussion Ensemble. Jonny also plays percussion and drumset with his church worship team and enjoys writing poetry and blogging.
