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 |