Chris Overton - Percussion
Chris Overton started playing timpani and percussion in his grammar school days, studying with an ex-wartime ENSA band drummer. After qualifying in engineering, he moved to Scotland for his ‘day job’, where he continued musical studies in Edinburgh under the renowned ex-Aberdeen percussion teacher Dr Andrew Shivas.
Over the years, Chris has played for the Edinburgh Grand Opera, Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra, Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Sinfonia, Haddo House Opera Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. He performs regularly in pit orchestras in His Majesty’s Theatre and Aberdeen Arts Centre Theatre, as well as freelance playing.
Chris also spends some of his time as a sound recording engineer with commercial recordings of choirs and instrumental soloists released in UK, America and Germany, and (somehow) he combines his musical and recording activities with his part-time ‘day-job’ in engineering.
