Performing

I play drums, percussion and keyboards in a wide variety of genres - classical, jazz, rock etc. And unlike many other drummers I can not only read music, but sight-read it too!

I was extremely fortunate to have studied with amazing teachers: at school with John Colbourne (BBC Concert Orchestra) and Nigel Bates (Principal Percussion, Royal Opera House), and at university with the legendary Jimmy Blades.

I play percussion in various orchestras. Orchestras in which I can often be found playing include:

Rehearsal for the 1812 Overture!

 

I also play drums and percussion for many professional and amateur theatre companies. Here are some of the shows and operas in which I have performed in the last two decades:

42nd Street Grease Orpheus in the Underworld
All Shook Up Guys and Dolls Pippin
Annie Gypsy Pirates of Penzance (Broadway version)
Barnum Hairspray Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Beauty and the Beast Half a Sixpence Quasimodo
Bugsy Malone Honk Scrooge
Captain Stirrick Jack The Ripper Seussical
Chess Jesus Christ Superstar Singing in the Rain
Chicago Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Sister Act
Company Kiss Me Kate South Pacific
Copacabana La Cages aux Folles Sunset Boulevard
Cowardy Custard Les Miserables Sweeney Todd
Crazy for You Little Shop of Horrors The Boyfriend
Die Fledermaus Made in Dagenham The Cunning Little Vixen
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels My Fair Lady The Sound of Music
Drowsy Chaperone Nunsense Titanic
Fiddler on the Roof Oklahoma We Will Rock You
Funny Girl Oliver Wind in the Willows