More than you'd want to know about ...

I started my playing career in 1980 and I've been playing and teaching ever since.  That's a loooong time !  I'm 45 which is brilliant !

If you want to see what I look like (who wouldn't) then CLICK HERE  - I'm the one in the suit.

I'm trained as an orchestral percussionist and timpanist, as a drummer and as a conductor and I have played in a hundred rock bands, brass bands, wind bands, shows and orchestras with venues as widespread as The Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Symphony Hall, Paris, Bonn, Norway and many other places that you won't be impressed with.  I've recorded loads of stuff but I haven't played with Take That  so who cares ?

For many years I was Musical Director and Drummer with R&B Big Band "The Mussolini Brothers" - Rock trio "SINK" - Bhangra band "Anamika", "Johnny Zee" and many more.  I now play for "Five Minutes to Midnight", a busy ceilidh band, as well as the usual bookings (you know, all those glamorous weddings). 

I was the founding tutor of the Percussion Studies at M4P Summerscool at Giggleswick in Yorkshire.  

I am the proud possessor of a Master of Arts degree from Durham University and I continue to research music teaching and learning.

I have played and conducted in Europe and Scandanavia and maintain a busy playing and teaching practice in the UK. 

In fact I'm pretty ace !

Now you know !

Christopher