David Joel Danford (born 19 June 1984) is a British percussionist. He is best known for his work as a classical percussion soloist but has also worked with numerous dance music producers including

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official biography.

Education

Dave studied at the

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, graduating in 2006. During his studies, he became the first and only percussionist to win the college's annual concerto competition, performing Ney Rosauro's first Concerto for Marimba.

Career

In 2005, Danford commissioned a new work for solo percussion and brass band from

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composer

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. The finished piece was named ''The Tongs and the Bones'', a reference to a scene from

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'', and was performed with the

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on November 19, 2005.davedanford.co.uk
, commissions.

Studio work

In April 2007, Danford released his debut solo album, titled ''Rhythmic Renaissance'', on the Alto Publications label.
, catalogue. The CD is a collection of accessible music for solo percussion.
, Dave Danford debut solo album.
Dave features on a number of releases as a session musician including marimba on the album ''All I Want'' (2009) by Canadian vocal group Aliqua, vibraphone on the Taran album ''Catraeth'' (2009), percussion on ''Ludwig'' (2007) and ''Salomé'' (2009) from composer Charlie Barber, two singles and two albums with

, two singles and one album with DT8 Project and over thirty CDs with the

.davedanford.co.uk
, discography.

Dance music

In 2006, Danford recorded tracks with international dance music producer

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for the DT8 Project single ''Narama'' and album ''Perfect World''.4barsrest.com
Danford set for dance collaborations. In the same year he began working with BBC Radio 1 DJ

and had regularly done so since, featuring on the singles ''Electronic Snare'' and ''Judgement Theme'' (both 2008) and two albums; ''Proven Worldwide'' (2006) and ''Bring the Noise'' (2009). Since 2008, Danford has been a member of Welsh dance music collective Taran, performing festival dates throughout the UK and Europe including the

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, one of the world's biggest Celtic music events. The band released their first album ''Catreath'' in March 2009, their second album ''Hotel Rex'' in March 2011, and new music in May 2018.myspace.com
Taran profile.

References

External links

Dave Danford's website
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