Gevers, Sam
Biography
Born: 1985
Country: Belgium
Studies: Master of Music (Percussion & Conducting) from Antwerp Royal Conservatory
Teachers: Carlo Willems; Koen Wilmaers; Patrick de Smet; Dirk De Caluwe]]
Website: www.samgevers.com
Sam Gevers is composer & Music Director of 12 musicals/shows including "Father Damien", "1830", "Zoo of life", "Rubens", "King Albert" and “Marie-Antoinette”. These mass productions were visited by more then 250000 people. He also worked as MD on the musicals "40-45" & "Daens" (Studio 100) and "The Christmas Show" (Deep Bridge). For different recordings he conducted the Budapest Art Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra and Bratislava Symphony Orchestra.
Sam Gevers wrote many educational pieces, lots of songs for Percussive and challenging compositions for percussion solo & ensemble - including commissioned work for ONSK & WMC. His work is published at Tapspace and in the "Sam Gevers Percussion Collection" at Metropolis/UMMP. For the solfege method "Tierelier" he composed over 150 vocal lessons.
Since 2010 Sam is full time drummer in the Royal Band of the Belgian Navy. With this band he plays worldwide with guests as Paquito D'Rivera, Johnny Logan, Ozark Henry,... 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 as Donna Summer, Ike Turner, Macy Gray. As freelance drummer/percussion player he worked on many shows as Evita, Elisabeth, Joseph, Oliver!, Fiddler on the roof, Cinderella, Chaplin, Wizard of Oz, Scrooge... Performing all these plays and concerts, he came across the whole wide world.
Currently Sam is teaching "Creative project" at Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, AP University College. He is founder of the trio “Percussive”, which was one the leading percussion groups, touring in the Belgian theatres for the last 10 years. Sam made a serie of short percussion videos which were broadcasted many times on national television. For one of these movies he was granted with 2 awards at the Corporate Video Festival.
Works for Percussion
Solo
A Change of Ideas - Multiple Percussion
African Suite - Multiple Percussion
Carcharodon Carcharias - Snare Drum
Orient Express - Drum Set
Wooden Storybook - Marimba
Ensemble
Beneath The Blue - Percussion 13
Falling... in Love - Percussion 12
Frozen Planet - Percussion 15
Jungle Sunrise - Percussion 15
Metamorphonic - Percussion 20
No Man's Land - Percussion 14
On the Run - Percussion Trio
Shifting Sands - Percussion 22
Stages of Sleep - Percussion 16; Choir; Harp
Supernova - Percussion 20
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