Joby Burgess (Percussion)

Biography

One of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby is best known for his virtuosic, often lissom performances, daring collaborations and extensive education work. His duo New Noise, founded in 1999 with oboist Janey Miller, has created an entirely new repertoire and founded its own record label, NNL.

In 2001 Joby joined Britain’s leading percussion quartet, Ensemble Bash, replacing founding father Richard Benjafield. In 2005 he founded the multimedia collective Powerplant, a collaboration with sound designer Matthew Fairclough and visual artist Kathy Hinde, and in 2006/07 they were awarded a major ITEM Arts Council Research Grant.

Joby regularly performs, records and collaborates with artists including Stewart Copeland, Michael Finnissy, Graham Fitkin, Peter Gabriel, John Kenny, Akram Khan, Sarah Leonard, Joanna MacGregor, Peter Maxwell Davies, Nitin Sawhney, Andy Sheppard, Keith Tippett and Nana Vasconcelos, along with many of the world’s leading chamber ensembles. He is also a member of Stephen Deazley’s Edinburgh based ensemble, Music at the Brewhouse, for which he was commissioned to arrange A-ha’s pop classic Take On Me for the 2008 St Magnus Festival in Orkney.