Percussion Soloist and Educator
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.”
Whether collaborating with artists of diverse media, composing live music for dance and theatre, or premiering works by today’s most ground-breaking composers, Terry Longshore brings a dynamic voice to every musical encounter. He is the artistic director of Knock on Wood Percussion, and the co-artistic director of several ensembles: flute and percussion duo Caballito Negro with Tessa Brinckman, percussion duo Skin & Bones with Brett Reed, and Left Edge Collective with David Bithell. He is also Principal Percussionist of the Rogue Valley Symphony and performs actively as a member of the Portland Percussion Group, Flamenco Pacifico, and Dúo Flamenco, and was a founding member of Conundrum, Sonoluminescence, and red fish blue fish. He has appeared at numerous festivals and concert series including the Bang on a Can Long Play Festival (Brooklyn) and Bang on a Can Marathons (NYC), the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, the Britt Music & Arts Festival, Makrokosmos Project (Portland), the Transplanted Roots International Percussion Symposia (Montreal, Guanajuato, and San Diego), Musik i Väst Festival (Sweden), the Cabrillo Music Festival, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Festival of New American Music, the Northwest Percussion Festival, The Oregon Fringe Festival, Center for New Music (San Francisco), and numerous times at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). His compositions for percussion have been performed at festivals and competitions throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. 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 and with visual creations by Miles Inada, Terry Longshore, Christopher Lucas, Sean O’Skea, and Nick Zammuto. Learn more >>>