From 2003-2006, Jory was involved with the University of Calgary World Music Ensemble, learning and performing music from a variety of non-western traditions including Balinese, Persian, Indian and African.

Beginning in late 2003, Jory studied and performed traditional Balinese music under the direction and guidance of Dr. Brita Heimarck. In July and August of 2004, she traveled to Bali, Indonesia and spent three weeks furthering her studies on the Gender Wayang, culminating in a performance at a music festival in Payangan, a village near Ubud, the cultural centre of Bali.

Gender Wayang are metal-keyed instruments that traditionally accompany Balinese shadow plays. Each instrument has ten metal keys that are suspended over bamboo resonators and are tuned to a pentatonic scale. Generally two or four musicians play at one time, with one or two people playing the basic melody, called “polos” and the other one or two playing a counterpart called “sangsih”. The parts are highly contrapuntal and are technically difficult, requiring several years of practice to master the instruments.