Simone Rebello
Percussion final
Simone graduated with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music and embarked on a career as a solo percussionist that has seen her recording several CDs (the latest with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers), touring and broadcasting extensively nationally and internationally and winning awards and prizes including Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year in the Performing Arts. She works frequently as a concerto soloist with wind orchestras and brass bands around the world and as a solo recitalist.
Simone is a founder member of BackBeat Percussion Quartet who have won a number of chamber music competitions in the UK, Japan and USA and who continue to tour, record and present concerts globally, with recent trips to China, Japan and Europe. She appears regularly as a guest performer with a number of ensembles and in a duo with outstanding jazz pianist Jason Rebello. She has worked with artists including Beverley Knight, Alexandra Burke, Mika and Tony Hadley.
In September 2010 Simone was appointed Director of Percussion at The Royal Northern College of Music and in September 2016 became the Deputy Head of the School of Wind, Brass and Percussion. She is an experienced adjudicator of percussion events, wind and brass contests and general music competitions and has presented events including the European Brass Band Finals, The Brass in Concert Championships and the RNCM Festival of Brass.
Simone is a solo artist and endorsee for Yamaha Music Europe, Mike Balter Mallets and Sabian Cymbals.
