Percussion Ensemble
SKU: IS.PCE6938EM
Composed by Sam Gevers.
Percussion. Sam Gevers
Percussion Collection.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #PCE6938EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.PCE6938EM).
ISBN
9790365069385.
Sinc
e 2010 Sam is full time
drummer in the Royal Band
of the Belgian Navy. As a
freelance musician he
played with the Royal
Flemish Philharmonic, the
National Orchestra of
Belgium, Symphonic
Factory and many more. In
these orchestras some
famous conductors crossed
his path: f.i. Takuo
Yuasa (Jap), Jaap Van
Zweden (Ned) and Pincchas
Steinberg (Ger). In many
performances at the Night
of the Proms with Il
Novecento, he accompanied
world famous artists like
Donna Summer, Mike
Oldfield, Ike Turner and
Macy Gray. As freelance
drummer/percussion player
he worked on several
musical shows as Evita,
Elisabeth, Joseph and the
amazing tecnicolour
dreamcoat, Oliver!,
Fiddler on the roof,
Cinderella, Wizard of
Oz,... Performing all
these plays and concerts,
he came across the whole
wide world. Sam teaches
percussion and ensemble
at the Conservatory of
Mechelen, Belgium. He is
founder of the trio
Percussive, which is now
one the leading
percussion groups,
touring in the Belgian
theatres. Sam made a
serie of short percussion
videos which were
broadcasted many times on
national television, and
which are still popular
on social media. For one
of these movies he was
granted with 2 awards at
the Corporate Video
Festival. As a composer
Sam wrote many
educational pieces, a lot
of songs for Percussive,
some large compositions
for percussion ensemble
and 6 musicals/mass
productions as King
Albert 1,
Marie-Antoinette,
Gheelamania 2010 & 2015
and Mol-in-scene. These
mass productions were
visited by more then
90000 people. Sam's piece
Frozen planet was the
mandatory work voor the
ONSK percussion ensemble
contest 2016, in the
highest level.
