Performer
Performance experience
My experience as a performer is wide ranging and encompasses multiple genres and performance settings. My formal training took place at the Birmingham Conservatoire (2000-2006) where I achieved Undergraduate (1st Class) and Postgraduate degrees (Distinction) in Percussion Performance, winning awards and prizes within institutional competitions along the way.
Since graduation I have performed around the UK and Internationally at leading venues, festivals and drum/percussion events across Pop/Rock, Classical, Jazz and World Music settings. My activity combines session based, freelance work and membership of established creative ensembles. I was awarded Honorary Membership (HonRBC) of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2013 for success within the music industry since graduation.
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I am a versatile instrumentalist and perform on a wide range of percussion instruments including drum kit, marimba, vibraphone, timpani/orchestral percussion, keyboard/piano, FX percussion, Popular Music stage percussion and, occasionally, bass guitar!
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My performance experience is listed below. If you are interested in discussing how I may be able to contribute to your own project, please do get in contact.
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Concertos
Los Angles Philharmonic (World Premiere)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Asia Premiere)
Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra
Solihull Symphony Orchestra
Ensembles
Maraca2 Percussion Duo
World Percussion Group
Surge Big Band
Huxtable/Singh Tabla Duo
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Royal Shakespeare Company
Classical Festivals
BBC Proms
Stratford Festival of the Arts
BEMUS Festival – Belgrade
Tenerife Contemporary Music Festival
P&O - Music Festivals at Sea – 12 festivals
New Generation Artists Festival
Cuivres en fete - Limoges
Mananan Festival of the Arts, Isle of Man
Pop/Rock/Jazz
Glastonbury Festival
Bloodstock Festival
Glasgow International Jazz Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
London Jazz Festival
Klapedia, International Jazz Festival, Lithuania
Geneva ‘Carnaval du Monde’ Festival
Henley on Thames Festival of the Arts
BBC Asian Network, London Mela
Guernsey Island Festival of Independance
La Fiesta di Terra Madre, Turin
The London ‘Moonwalk’
Celebrating Sanctuary Festival
Sibiu International Festival of Music
Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival
Simmer Down Festival - Birmingham
Surge in Spring
Media appearances
BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio1
BBC Radio 3 Channel4
BBC WestMidlands BBC Asian Network
BRMB ClassicFm
KerrangFm Muso Magazine
KUSC - Southern California (Live Broadcast)
Drums & Percussion events
PASIC 2013 - Evening Concert
International Percussion Festival, Patagonia, Argentina
PASIC 2009/2016 Showcase concert
Royal College of Music Percussion Festival
Ivana Bilic International Marimba Festival
2010 International Marimba Convention
Percussive Arts Society UK Percussion Day 2005/2018
RNCM Day of Percussion – Final Concert
Minnesota Percussion Association Day of Percussion
Birmingham Percussion Day
Shanghai Percussion Association Festival
Percussive Arts Society Iowa Day of Percussion
New Taipei City International Drum Arts Festival
Taiwan International Percussion Convention 2017
Hong Kong PAS Day of Percussion
2017 Taiwan International Percussion Fesitval
Endorsements (Maraca2)
Sabian Cymbals Marimba One
Pearl Remo
Innovative Percussion