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George English

Percussion

Professional Orchestral  *including principal/guest principal

  • BBC Singers*
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Covent Garden Sinfonia*
  • English Festival Orchestra*
  • English Symphony Orchestra
  • Halle Orchestra
  • La Nuova Musica*
  • Little Baroque Company*
  • Longborough Festival Opera
  • London Concert Orchestra
  • London Contemporary Orchestra
  • London Firebird Orchestra*
  • Maidstone Symphony Orchestra*
  • Multi-Storey Orchestra
  • National Symphony Orchestra
  • Nevill Holt Opera*
  • Opera North
  • Orpheus Sinfonia*
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra*


Theatre

  • Titanic the Musical (Percussion Chair, Musical Director/Supervisor Mark Aspinall) UK National Tour & Hamburg Staatsoper - March - August 2018 & Charing Cross Theatre April - August 2016
  • Candide (1998 National Theatre Version)(Percussion Chair, Musical Director Oliver Gilmore Orpheus Sinfonia) Iford Opera Summer 2018, Cheltenham Festival 2018, Stowe Opera 2018
  • The Wizard of Oz (Percussion/Drums Chair, Musical Director Toby Higgins, Orchestral Management Stephen Hill) Sheffield Crucible Theatre - December 2017 - January 2018
  • The Braille Legacy (Percussion/Drums Deputy - Matt Whittington, Musical Director Toby Higgins, Musical Supervisor Simon Lee) Charing Cross Theatre March - May 2017
  • Death Takes A Holiday (Percussion/Drums Chair, Musical Director Dean Austin) Charing Cross Theatre - January - March 2017
  • A Christmas Carol (Recorded Music for Play, Composer/Orchestrator/Conductor Steven Edis) Noel Coward Theatre - November 2015 - January 2016
  • Songs for a New World (Percussion Chair, Musical Director Daniel A Weiss) St. James’ Theatre (now the Other Palace) June - August 2015
  • Swanhunter (Deputy Drums/Percussion - Dominic Sales, Musical Director Justin Doyle, Opera North) Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre & UK Tour 2015
  • Assassins (Deputy Drums - Dominic Sales, Musical Director/Supervisor Alan Williams) Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre - November 2014 - March 2015
  • One Man, Two Guvnors (1st Dep Drums/Percussion - Ben Brooker, Musical Director - Grant Olding) Adelphi/Theatre Royal Haymarket - 2011 - 2014
  • Road Show- European Premiere (Drums/Percussion Chair, Musical Director/Supervisor Cathy Jayes) Menier Chocolate Factory - June - Oct 2011
  • The Invisible Man (Drums/Percussion Chair, Musical Director Steven Edis) Menier Chocolate Factory Oct 2010 - Feb 2011

Recordings

  • Wartesaal Berlin (Mischa Spoliansky, compiled/arr/orch. Steven Edis, Original English Recording 2018)
  • Orpheo et Euridice (Wilhelm Gluck, Conducted David Bates, La Nuova Musica 2018)
  • Noyes Flydde (Benjamin Britten, Conducted Martyn Brabbins, BBC Singers, 2018)
  • Ecuatorial and Dance for Burgess (Edgard Varese, Conducted Mark Dooley, Recorded for the BBC 2017)
  • Fresher the Musical (Mark Aspinall, Original Cast Recording 2011)

Chamber Music

  • Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion (Bela Bartok) - Performances with Charles Owen & Katya
  • Apekisheva & Pedro Segundo - King’s Place, Milton Court Concert Hall
  • Percussion Ensemble of London - Regular Concerts, Workshops & Education Days
  • Kopanya Percussion Ensemble - Concerts & Outreach Work
  • St. Endellion Festival Percussion Ensemble & Big Band
  • Regular member of the St. Endellion Easter & Summer Festivals

Education and Qualifications

  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama – MMus Orchestral Artistry (2013-2014)
  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama - BMus Hons Orchestral Percussion and Timpani (2009 - 2013)

Teachers: Antoine Bedewi, Richard Benjafield, Adrian Bending, David Corkhill, Alex ‘Zands’ Duggan,
Tom Greenleaves, Ralph Salmins, Nigel Shipway, Adrian Spillett, Michael Skinner, Julian Warburton

Referees
Toby Higgins - Freelance Musical Director/Orchestrator/Arranger
Antoine Bedewi - Principal Timpani - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Professor Royal Academy of Music


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MAS takes no responsibility for its accuracy.

Instruments
Percussion, Baroque Timpani, Drum Kit, Hand Percussion, Latin American Percussion, Timpani