John Rockliffe  LTCL

Percussion

 

 

Date of Birth:             26/05/1962

Music Training:         Under James Blades OBE                   1976 - 1980

                                    At Trinity College of Music, London.   1980 - 1984

                                    Under Micheal Baker, Mickeal Skinner & Jonathon Bose

Playing

Experience.                Freelance player from 1984 - current year.

                                   

Royal Opera House

Orchestra of the age of Enlightenment

English National Ballet (Timpani extra work)

                                    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   (Timpani extra work)

                                    RPO Pops Orchestra

                                    Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra (Perc Extra Work)

                                    London Pops Orchestra (Timpani & Percussion)

                                    English Touring Opera (Timpani & Percussion)

                                    English Sinfonia

                                    National Symphony Orchestra

 

                                    West End Shows:

                                    Annie (Victoria Palace)

                                    Beauty and the Beast (dep)

                                    South Pacific (dep)

                                    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (dep)

                                    Koenig Ensemble (Percussion)

                                    Wonderfull West End (5 years)                        

                                    Darbouka  Percussion Ensemble

                                    19 years Pantomime Seasons for E & B Productions

                                    Various Touring Productions  (mainly opera & ballet)

Various television and radio recordings for both BBC Radio and Classic FM.

                                   

Teaching

Experience:                Percussion teacher for Trinity College of Music Saturday Morning

                                    School  1985.

 

                                    Percussion coach for East Sussex County Music Centre 1985 - 89.

                                    (Orchestral coach for the same period).

 

Percussion coach at Christ Church College, Canterbury 1995 –current. (Both individual teaching and creating a new percussion ensemble)

 

                                    Percussion coach at Whitgift School Croydon  Jan 1997 - current

 

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