Peter NEVILLE
percussion
Peter Neville is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and
was appointed Head of Percussion there in 2000. Whilst he works across the
range of musical styles he has a particular committment to new music.
As the percussionist of the ELISION Ensemble for twenty years, Peter has been
involved with practically all their concerts, compact discs, and international
tours. Works including Chris DENCH's Driftglass, for
percussion and ensemble, and Richard BARRETT's
abglanzbeladen--auseinandergeschrieben have been
written for and premiered by him.
Peter is also a member of groups including Jouissance, the David Chesworth
Ensemble and SPEAK Percussion, and he has recorded and toured internationally
with each of them.
His orchestral work has included tours to Europe with the Australian Youth
Orchestra and Japan with the Melbourne Symphony. With that orchestra he was
also part of the Australian premiere of Olivier MESSIAEN's
Turangalila Symphony, in the presence of the composer, and
he took part in their Australian tour with Elton John.
He has performed in numerous musicals, including West Side Story,
Cats and Company and in three Australian tours
of the Broadway version of The Pirates of Penzance.
He toured Australia as musical director of Tap Dogs. Other
theatrical tours have included the Australia/China tour of Playbox Theatre's
Cho-Cho-San, and Richard the Third with the
Royal Shakespeare Company.
Within dance orchestras he has supported performances of the Bolshoi
Ballet, the Russian State Ballet, the Nureyev Farewell Tour and the
Netherlands Dance Theatre. With HumanVeins Dance Theatre he took part in
the Australian premieres of Iannis XENAKIS' Oresteia, and
was guest drummer with the Balanescu Quartet in their three Australian
seasons of Possessed with the Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre.
Peter appears on CD recordings ranging from pop albums by Peter ANDRE
and Deborah CONWAY to the experimental industrial album
New Maps of Hell by sound artist Paul SCHUTZE.
In March 2006 he was Creative Director for the Commonwealth Games
International Youth Masterclass In Percussion.
May 2006
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