(Picture: Geoff Roughton)

Simone graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with Distinction and a collection of awards including a major scholarship and The Phillip Jones Prize. She began a solo career which has taken her around the world with concerto appearances, solo recitals, master classes and appearances on national and international TV and radio. She has recorded several CDs and is in high demand as a soloist with brass bands, wind ensembles and symphony orchestras. She continues to win awards such as the 1998 Cosmopolitan/House of Fraser Woman of the Year in the Arts.

Simone regularly performs with the internationally renowned BackBeat Percussion Quartet of which she is a founder member. The group tours extensively in Japan and America and have also given concerts in Zimbabwe, the Cayman Islands and throughout Europe. In addition to recording 2 CDs and numerous international TV and radio broadcasts the group has won several competitions including the Royal Over - Seas League Ensemble Prize (1997), The Osaka International Chamber Music Festa (1999) and The USA Concert Artists Guild (2001) which led to a USA debut at The Weill Hall - Carnegie Hall. The group has commissioned several new works and its 2002 Proms debut was broadcast live on BBC television.

In 1997 Simone formed Equivox with leading saxophonist Rob Buckland and this contemporary music group record and perform internationally. They have commissioned several new works and are releasing their latest CD in 2005. Simone collaborates with various musicians on projects and continues to work as a solo recitalist with pianist/organist Julian Wilkins.

Simone devises and presents concerts and workshops to children of all ages and works annually with Young World UK who produce concerts featuring large choirs (up to 8000 children) in UK arenas including the Manchester Evening News Arena.

She is frequently asked to adjudicate at national and international brass and wind band competitions, percussion festivals and events for BBC Radio, and speaks regularly at events concerning performance skills, the development of concerts and workshops for children and general percussion topics.

Simone Rebello is a solo artist and endorsee for Yamaha Music UK.

"I choose Yamaha Percussion for the sheer quality and depth of sound across the entire range"

Simone Rebello plays:

• Marimba - YM 5100
• Xylo - YX 360
• Vibes - YV2700

www.simonerebello.com
www.backbeat.co.uk

Gigs & Events

Thursday 6th March
Simone in concert with BBC Singers
7.30pm
St. Paul's Church, 32 Wilton Place, Knightsbridge.
tickets - Free subject to availablity
Contact BBC Studio audiences - 0870 901 1227

Sunday 9th March - 7pm
BackBeat in concert with Bournville Young Singers
Birmingham Town Hall
Tickets £8.50, £5 concessions
Ticket Office - 0121 780 3333

Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th March
BackBeat present percussion concerts for children
City Learning Centre, Eston, Middlesborough
By invitation only

Saturday 22nd - Thursday 27th March
Simone is guest percussion tutor for National Youth Brass Band of Great Britian.
Easter Course
Taunton School, Somerset

Friday 4th April
BackBeat in Ex Cathedra Education Schowcase Concert
Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Saturday 12th April
7.30pm
BackBeat play African Sanctus (David Fanshawe) with Bradford Festival Chorus.
Bradford Cathedral
Contact www.bradfordcathedral.co.uk

Sunday 20th April
All Day
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
Academy Brass Band Day
Simone appears with West Lothian Youth Band and Whitburn Brass Band
Free event

Saturday 10th May
Simone performs 'Marimba Concerto' by Ney Rosurao
Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Mark Heron
Albert Hall, Nottingham
Box Office - 0115 989 5555

Saturday 17th May
BackBeat perform African Sanctus (David Fanshawe)
7.30pm
the Singers Society , Sheffield University
details tbc

Friday 23rd May
Simone appears with Ex Cathedra
7.30pm
Douai Abbey, Newbury Spring Festival
Box office - 01635 522 733

Tuesday 27th May
Simone appears with Ex Cathedra
7pm
St. David's Cathedral
www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk

Saturday 7th June
Simone is guest soloist
Dutch Salvation Army Festival
Orpheus (Apeldoorn) Holland

Saturday 14th June - 7.30pm
BackBeat play African Sanctus (David Fanshawe)
Brill Choral Society
venue tbc

Saturday 21st June
Simone appear with Ex Cathedra
7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London
www.chelseafestival.org