Dave Griffiths
Drums & Percussion
Dave was recently heard playing drums on the UK / Ireland Touring production of the West End & Broadway hit musical, 'Heathers'.
A prizewinning alumni of the Royal Academy of Music, London, Dave gained an honours degree in Music, an Advanced post graduate diploma in performance and a teachers diploma of the R.A.M.
He was also awarded the prestigious James Blades Prize for Timpani & Percussion.
Concert Tours: ‘Elvis in Concert’, Elvis Presley Enterprises Graceland USA - European Arena Tour (playing alongside Elvis’ original band - ‘TCB’); Andrea Bocelli;The Moody Blues; Russell Watson; Katherine Jenkins; Only Men Aloud.
Theatre Credits: Heathers (UK / Ireland Tour); Legally Blonde (UK / Ireland Tour); The Rat Pack - Vegas Spectacular (UK Tour); Disney’s Beauty & The Beast (UK Tour);;Phantom of The Opera (West End); Les Misérables (West End & UK Tour); Cats (European Tour); Jospeh & His Technicolor Dreamcoat (West End & UK Tours);West Side Story (UK Tour); Crazy For You (Original UK Tour); Dr. Dolittle (UK Tour); Copacabana (UK Tour); Fame (Original UK Tour); Annie (UK Tour); South Pacific (UK Tour).
Orchestra’s & Ensembles: Principal Timpanist, British Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra Brass; Principal Timpanist, Cory Band; Principal Timpanist, Black Dyke Band; Arts Symphonic; Melachrino Strings & Orchestra; London Swing Orchestra; numerous session orchestras.