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Terry Longshore is a percussionist whose genre-crossing work exhibits the artistry of the concert stage, the spontaneity of jazz, and the energy of a rock club. Based in Ashland, Oregon, he maintains an energetic career as a performer, composer, and educator. Blue Sky Music writes, “Longshore’s understated virtuosity is percussion poetry at its best.” He performs internationally as a soloist and ensemble member, collaborates with artists working in diverse media, and has premiered and recorded numerous works. He also champions new solo and chamber works for percussion by commissioning, organizing, and participating in consortium commissions for works from a diverse body of composers. Longshore is a Marimba One Vibe Artist, an artist endorser for Black Swamp Percussion, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, Gon Bops Percussion, and Beato Bags, and is a trained HealthRHYTHMS facilitator. Longshore is currently touring his solo program, “balance | flow – an intermedia percussion experience” featuring the music of Mark Applebaum, Erik Griswold, Yaz Lancaster, Joe W. Moore III, Emma O’Halloran, Phong Tran, Nick Zammuto, and mackxswell and Terry Longshore. He serves as Professor of Music, Artist in Residence and Director of Percussion Studies at Southern Oregon University.
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