Toby Kearney

Head of Percussion
Toby Kearney is Principal Percussion and Timpani of the City of 探花直播 Symphony Orchestra, regularly appears as principal percussion of Britten Sinfonia and is a member of O Duo with Owen Gunnell.
Since winning the percussion category of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2006 Toby has had an extremely varied career. As a soloist and chamber musician he has played all over the UK including concerto performances of James Macmillan鈥檚 Veni, Veni Emmanuel, Stockhausen鈥檚 Lucifer鈥檚 Tanz, Matthew Sergeant鈥檚 Percussion Concerto and Avner Dorman鈥檚 double percussion concerto Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!
A graduate of the RNCM and RCM, Toby has played with many UK orchestras including the LPO, LSO, BBC Concert and Symphony Orchestras, the Hall茅, the John Wilson Orchestra, RLPO, Royal Northern Sinfonia, RT脡 Symphony orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. He regularly coaches the percussion section of the National Children鈥檚 Orchestra and has worked with the percussionists of the National Youth Orchestra, the Ulster Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Percussion Orchestra.
Outside the classical world Toby has recorded and toured as a folk musician with the likes of Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman, Emily Portman and Fay Hield.