percussion

Stephen Burke BMus(hons)

MMus (distinction)

 

timpanist, percussionist, improvisor, composer

DOB: 13th June, 1982

 

 

 

 

Professional Ensemble/Orchestral Experience

Philharmonia (guest principal)

English Chamber Orchestra (perc; timpani, guest principal)

Hanover Band (Baroque timpani, guest principal)

London Handel Orchestra (Baroque timpani, guest principal)

New London Consort (Baroque timpani, guest principal)

English Sinfonia (timpani, guest principal)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orch. (extrawork list)

Principal Timpanist, Southbank Sinfonia (2006)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Hallé Orchestra

Glyndebourne Opera

Dutch National Opera

RPO Concert Orchestra

RTE Concert Orchestra

London Concert Orchestra

Endymion Ensemble

Trials:

Co-Principal Percussion, Philharmonia (current)

Sub-Principal Percussion, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Dublin (2004/5)

Chamber Music Performance

Philharmonia “Music of Today” Contemporary Music Series (timpani/perc.)

Balinese Gamelan Group Lila Cita (since 2007)

Experimental percussion duo collaboration with CerithWyn Evans at the Barbican (2005)

Festival: Complete works of Steve Reich, with the composer (Holland, December 2003)

Collaboration: performer/composer with video artists/dancers at the Aldeburgh Festival (2005)

Wigmore Hall June 2006 (Wolfgang Rihm)

Bartòk Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion in Manchester, Halifax & London (2004/5)

McMillan ‘Parthenogenesis,’ with the composer S. Bank Show (2002) London prem (2005), BBC Radio 3

World premiere of Charles Camilleri’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion (August 2005)

Performed with Keiko Abe, Eric Sammut & Nebosja Zivkovicˇ at the RNCM

Awards/Prizes

BBC Young Musicians Finalist (2002), Semi-Finalist (1999)

RNCMWind and Percussion Second Year Prize (2002)

Scholarships: MBF, Sabian, Leverhulme Trust, Goldsmiths’ Company, City Educational Trust

Solo recitals

Recitals in London, Manchester, Oldham, Harrogate, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht, Leiden &Liverpool

Performed/directed own work: ‘I’m Sitting in an Orchestra (tribute to Alvin Lucier),’ for chamber orchestra,

percussion and electronics, with the Southbank Sinfonia in 2006

Joe Duddel, ‘Snowblind,’ (percussion concerto) with the Southbank Sinfonia (March 2006)

Teaching experience

Comber Grove Primary School, Camberwell, London (since 2007): Group and individual teaching

Vacation Chamber Orchestra Coaching undergraduate level orchestral course (2007)

Philharmonia Orchestra education projects (since 2009)

English Chamber Orchestra education projects (since 2006)

Southbank Sinfonia (2006): Principal collaborator (& workshop leader) in education projects

Hackney Music Service, London (since 2007): Taster sessions for groups of primary school children

Blackheath Conservatoire, London (2007-8): Beginner to g8+, inc. Roundabout Scheme (early yrs)

University College School Junior Department, Hampstead (2005-8): inc. yearly percussion concerts

Berkshire Young Musicians Trust (2004-6): Group and individual teaching, beginner to g8+ & masterclasses

Globetown Music Project(2005): leading workshops at schools in East London

Trafford Music Service, Manchester (2003/4): Samba Percussion teacher

Education

Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London (2004/5):

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (2000-2004)

& Koninklijk Conservatorium, The Hague (2002/3):

 

 

MMus with Distinction

 

BMus(hons):- class 2:1

 

References Available Upon Request

 

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