Principal Percussionist with @LondonSymphony Head of Timpani and Percussion @RoyalAcadMusic. Lover of motorcycles, @ManCity and unashamed belly laughs
Joined February 2012
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Thank you to Joseph Pereira, Principal Timpanist of the @laphil, who visited the Academy to share his time and artistry with our Timpani and Percussion students ✨
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Echoes of Ligeti with @NeilPercyLSO at @lsostlukes - Piano Concerto (1985-88) with @kirillgerstein and @londonsymphony, conducted by @Thomas_ades ahead!!
#AdventuresInMusic
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Hard and Fast: Percussion: interlude.hk/?p=128698
Discover the diversity of percussion instruments from around the world with the new edition of James Blades' definitive encyclopedic book with important new chapters by @DameEvelyn and @NeilPercyLSO
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Tune into @BBCRadio4 Woman's Hour this morning at 10am to hear Ayanna Witter-Johnson in conversation with Anita Rani, plus an exclusive duo performance of a track from Ayanna's new album with the LSO Percussion Ensemble 🥁🪘 @itsanitarani @AyannaWJ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ryl…
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We are privileged to have hosted our Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, at many of our concerts and events. We are grateful to have had her support over such a long period, and share some of our memories of the last 70 years in this video.
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The London Symphony Orchestra is deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Her Majesty had been the LSO’s Patron since her accession to the throne in 1952.
We join the nation in mourning our much-loved monarch.
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☀️Summer is here, shorts are on, here's some Summer Shorts to soundtrack your day 🎵
The LSO Percussion Ensemble performs Gwilym Simcock's Barber Blues, with Gwilym himself on piano. Recorded at @lsostlukes back in August 2021.
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@NeilPercyLSO @dpjackson1
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Happy 40th Birthday @BarbicanCentre 🤩🎊🥳 Join me, @NeilPercyLSO and the wonderful @londonsymphony percussion ensemble in the Barbican foyer at 18:30 (sharp) today for some beautiful performances. Free entry 💖
Happy 40th birthday @BarbicanCentre! 40 glorious years in residence, almost 4000 concerts played, and many memories made. Here's to the next 40!
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'A legend in every sense of the word and such a privilege to have so many treasured memories with Bernard at the helm.' ~ @NeilPercyLSO, Principal Percussion
Tonight's concert is dedicated to the great Bernard Haitink. Read more tributes: lso.co.uk/images/pdf/16-12-M…
📸 Mark Allan
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Yes please! Thank you so much @NeilPercyLSO for your wonderful enthusiasm for my creativity and to my @londonsymphony family for making dreams come true 🙏🏾✨🤩❤️
An amazing, joyous evening of music making with the superstar that is @AyannaWJ Can we do it again SOOON please? 🙏🙏 @londonsymphony @lsostlukes
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A “hammering” of offstage anvil players for The Ring without Words tonight @philharmonia @southbankcentre 15 of us plus 5 onstage players. #heavymetal
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Afternoon in a care home on @londonsymphony tour. Great fun and great cake afterwards. @NeilPercyLSO
Many thanks an das fünfköpfige Team des @londonsymphony, welches am Wochenende einen Musikworkshop im Ev. Altenzentrum "Der Gute Hirte" am Nordmarkt gerockt hat! Grüße und Dank auch ans @Konzerthaus_DO für die kurze Leihgabe! ♥️🦏🎼🎶
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So wonderful to finally have a chance to have a good old chat and gossip with fellow percussionist @NeilPercyLSO! We chatted about everything from auditions and running to the advantages of long arms and thumbs!
@RoyalAcadMusic @londonsymphony
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We are enormously grateful to everyone who worked so hard to make our first trip since Feb 2020 possible. Thank you @festival_aix for having us, thank you to the audiences who supported, thank you and congrats to the brilliant artists and conductors with whom we have worked. 🙏🙏
We've had an amazing time @festival_aix! Now @AlanGoode75 @tufftufftuffin and @Deltheroadie pack up for home. Drive safely guys x @londonsymphony
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The new edition of the legendary “Percussion Instruments and their History” (#JamesBlades), with new chapters by @DameEvelyn and @NeilPercyLSO, is already for sale here: cutt.ly/omdZKtg. #percussion #book #thebibleofpercussion
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Here are some fantastic images from our Percussion Department! You can see them in action today at 1pm, performing works from our 200 PIECES series and Steve Reich, alongside world-renowned percussionist @colincurrieperc >
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ALT Four Academy students perform on xylophone in the Duke's Hall.
ALT An Academy student plays the timpani.
ALT An Academy student plays the glockenspiel.
ALT Two Academy students play xylophone and glockenspiel in the Duke's Hall.
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We're all about percussion this lunchtime 🥁 Join us live at 1pm for a varied programme including three 200 PIECES premieres conducted by @NeilPercyLSO (photos: @Marshall_Light) youtube.com/watch?v=jpr9IpqJ…
ALT two percussionists in the Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music
ALT conductor Neil Percy
ALT percussionist in the Duke's Hall
ALT Percussionist in the Duke's Hall
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Our lunchtime concert today is a percussion showcase performing several world premieres from the 200 PIECES project. We're having some slight technical issues with our website at the moment, so please join us at 1pm for the livestream directly on Youtube > bit.ly/3vvG9Md
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The LSO Percussion Ensemble honour the late keyboard virtuoso and groundbreaking composer Chick Corea in this week's #YouTubeSundays performance. @neilpercylso @dpjackson1
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=8n5UJY4X…
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A massive thank you @DameEvelyn and @NeilPercyLSO for contributing two new chapters to this enlarged edition of James Blades' definitive guide to #Percussion Instruments. Available now.
@PercussiveArts @YamahaPerc @tocaperc @RCMLondon @RoyalAcadMusic @chimesmusic @SchottMusicLDN
