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Classical percussionist/timpanist, and Professor of Percussion.
He studied timpani and percussion at the [l527847], where he received the Queen’s Commendation award for the most outstanding student. After graduation he freelanced for 15 years. He has appeared regularly as a percussionist and timpanist with many of the UK’s top orchestras, as orchestral, chamber & solo recitalist and with his duo partner Colin Currie. Principal Percussion in The John Wilson Orchestra, Co-Principal Percussion in the London Symphony Orchestra since 2012 and a member of Between The Notes, Colin Currie Group & the Colin Currie Quartet. He has performed on many movie & television soundtracks. Professor of Percussion at the [l290263] & the Royal Academy of Music, and percussion tutor for the European Union Youth Orchestra.

APPEARANCES +


Britten*, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton
Spring Symphony / Sinfonia Da Requiem / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
2024, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, LSO Live, ,
Modern
Steve Reich, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Music For 18 Musicians
2023, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Colin Currie Records, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Teodora Brody, London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Ziegler
Rhapsody
2023, CD, Album, Signum Classics
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Symphony Orchestra, Bradley Cooper, Leonard Bernstein
Maestro - Music By Leonard Bernstein
2023, CD,
Amanda Lee Falkenberg, London Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, London Voices, Ben Parry
The Moons Symphony
2022, CD, Album, Signum Classics, ,
Neo-Romantic/Contemporary
Michael Giacchino
The Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2022, ,
Score
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Symphonic Suites
2021, ,
Musical/Soundtrack/Modern/Score
Seth MacFarlane
Great Songs From Stage & Screen
2020
Neil Diamond With London Symphony Orchestra
Classic Diamonds
2020, CD, ,
Ballad/Soft Rock
LSO Percussion Ensemble, Steve Reich, Gwilym Simcock
Quartet Quintet
2020
Various
Classical Chillout
2019, 2xLP, Comp, RM, 180, Warner Classics
Seth MacFarlane
Once In A While
2019, ,
Big Band/Romantic/Easy Listening
Colin Currie & Steve Reich
Live At Fondation Louis Vuitton
2019,
Contemporary
Steve Reich
Pulse / Quartet
2018
John Williams (4), John Powell
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018, ,
Score
Steve Reich, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Drumming
2018,
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – March 2017
2017, 13xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,
Marco Beltrami
The Snowman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017, CD, Album, Dig, Back Lot Music
Seth MacFarlane
In Full Swing
2017, ,
Easy Listening/Swing
Gregory Porter
Nat "King" Cole & Me
2017, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Steve Reich - LSO Percussion Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra
Sextet / Clapping Music / Music For Pieces Of Wood
2016, SACD, ,
Contemporary
Seth MacFarlane
No One Ever Tells You
2015
Ramin Djawadi
Dracula Untold (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014, CD, Album, Back Lot Music, ,
Soundtrack
James Newton Howard
Maleficent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014, ,
Score/Soundtrack
Alexandre Desplat
Unbroken (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014, ,
Soundtrack
Various
Essential 20th Century Classics
2013, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Classics, ,
Modern
Mark-Anthony Turnage - Daniel Harding, Håkan Hardenberger, London Symphony Orchestra
Speranza / From The Wreckage
2013, ,
Contemporary
James Newton Howard
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Score)
2013, CD, ,
Modern/Score
Various
1000 Classical Masterpieces
2012, 61xCD, Comp + Box, EMI Classics, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Medieval
Theodore Shapiro
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012, CD, Album, Colpix Music, Inc., Aardman, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Katherine Jenkins
This Is Christmas
2012, CD, ,
Holiday
Alexandre Desplat
Zero Dark Thirty: Original Soundtrack
2012, ,
Score
Britten*, Gianandrea Noseda, Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Sabina Cvilak, London Symphony Chorus, Choir Of Eltham College, London Symphony Orchestra
War Requiem
2012
Viktoria Mullova
The Peasant Girl
2011, 2xCD, Album, Onyx (6), ,
Modern
Various
Classical Chillout 2009
2009, 2xCD, Comp, EMI,
Mike Oldfield
Music Of The Spheres
2008, CD Super Jewel Box, ,
Abstract/Medieval/Classical/Ambient
Mahler*, Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No 6
2008, ,
Romantic/Symphony
Colin Currie
Borrowed Time
2007, CD, Album, Onyx (6)
London Sinfonietta
Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters
2006
Fraser Trainer, Between The Notes With Viktoria Mullova
Knots
2005, CD, Album, Black Box
Elliott Carter – Nicolas Hodges / Fred Sherry, London Sinfonietta / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Asko Ensemble – Oliver Knussen
Dialogues / Boston Concerto / Cello Concerto / Asko Concerto
2005, ,
Contemporary
Various
Classical Brit Awards
2003, CD, Comp, Classic FM
The London Trumpet Sound, Geoffrey Simon
The London Trumpet Sound Vol.1
2002, CD, Album, Cala, ,
Light Music/Modern/Contemporary/Classical
Various
New British Stars
2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM
Various
Classical Chillout
2001, 2x CD, ,
Baroque/Classical/Contemporary/Soundtrack/Romantic
Viktoria Mullova
Through The Looking Glass
2000, CD, Album, Philips
Various
BBC Young Musicians 96: The Finalists
1996, CD, Album, BBC Music Magazine
L.S. Underground
Bring It Down Now
1995
Shadow Vignettes
Birth Of A Notion
1986
Various
Ambient Classics
2003, CD, Comp, HMV Classics,
Various
The Art Of Indulgence (Robert Mondavi Private Selection)
2002, CD, Comp, Angel Records, Blue Note, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, Manhattan Records, ,
Classical/Vocal
Mike Oldfield
Music Of The Spheres
CD, ,
Abstract/Medieval/Neo-Classical/Ambient