The Board of Percussion Australia has named Rebecca Lloyd-Jones the new Artistic Director of Synergy Percussion.

Scheduled to commence her official duties in January 2024, Lloyd-Jones has played a pivotal role in shaping the Synergy Percussion 2024 program in what is its 50th year.

Rebecca Lloyd-Jones. Image supplied

“Rebecca is incredibly talented and musically intelligent, with great ideas, and I am so pleased to have her join the creative team at Percussion Australia as Artistic Director of Synergy Percussion,” said Ian Cleworth, the current Artistic Director of Percussion Australia and Taikoz.

Active across genres, Lloyd-Jones comes to the role with considerable international experience as a percussionist on stages in Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. She has played with a number of ensembles including Synergy, the PARTCH ensemble and Red Fish Blue Fish. She performed recently in Sydney in Synergy Percussion’s Hiérophonie.

Synergy Percussion

Synergy Percussion (Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, right) performing Paul Stanhope’s Raqad II in Hiérophonies, 2023. Photo © Jared Underwood.

A regular presenter at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Rebecca currently holds the position of Lecturer...