Synergy Percussion

Synergy Percussion is an Australian percussion ensemble formed as Synergy in Sydney in 1974.[1][2] They mainly play works composed by others for the group.[3] They marked their 40th year with a performance of a new work by Anthony Pateras, specially commissioned for the occasion.[4]

Synergy members have included founders Michael Askill (artistic director for the first 35 years) and Colin Piper.[5] Others include Timothy Constable (artistic director 2009 - 2017), Ian Cleworth (artistic director (2017 -),[6] Rebecca Lagos,[1] Joshua Hill, Bree van Reyk, William Jackson, Mark Robinson, Leah Scholes,[4] Phillip South, Fritz Hauser, Alison Pratt, Jeremy Barnett,[5] Graeme Leak,[7] Alison Eddington, Ian Bloxsom (founder) and Ron Reeves (founder).

  1. ^ a b Jamrozik, Wanda (10 December 1987), "Synergy sounds the Cymbals", Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Hince, Kenneth (19 August 1992), "Athletic Show Of Percussion", The Age
  3. ^ Squires, Tony (30 September 1988), "Beat this beat", Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ a b Vance, David (24 April 2014), "Synergy Percussion: complex and satisfying", Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ a b "Synergy Percussion turns 40", ABC Radio National, 24 April 2014
  6. ^ McPherson, Angus (24 April 2014), "Timothy Constable steps down as Synergy artistic director", Limelight Magazine
  7. ^ Devenish, Louise Amy (2016). "Forty Years of Synergy Percussion". Percussive Notes. 54 (1): 28–33.