Simone Rebello 

Simone graduated with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music to embark on a solo career that has seen her recording several Cds (including the latest with the BBC Singers), touring extensively nationally and internationally, appearing on UK and international television and radio and winning a collection of awards and prizes including the Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year in the Performing Arts. Simone works frequently as a concerto soloist with wind orchestras and brass bands around the world - last year working extensively in Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
She is a founder member of the highly successful BackBeat Percussion quartet who frequently tour and record internationally and have won a number of chamber music competitions in the UK, Japan, and USA including the Concert Artists Guild which lead ro a performance at The Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Simone has devised and presents her unique solo programme ('Everything but..') in venues around the world and appears regularly with the Equivox Trio (percussion, saxes and piano) whose debut album 'The Time is Now' was released to critical acclaim in 2006.
In addition to performing Simone is frequently asked to adjudicate various international music competitions and festivals and to present concerts and talks/lectures featuring all aspects of playing percussion.
Simone Rebello is a solo artist and endorsee for Yamaha Music UK, Sabian Cymbals and Mike Balter Mallets