Synergy Percussion

{{Short description|Australian percussion ensemble}}

Synergy Percussion is an Australian percussion ensemble formed as Synergy in Sydney in 1974.{{Citation | last = Jamrozik | first = Wanda | date = 10 December 1987 | title = Synergy sounds the Cymbals | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald }}{{Citation | last = Hince | first = Kenneth | date = 19 August 1992 | title = Athletic Show Of Percussion | periodical = The Age }} They mainly play works composed by others for the group.{{Citation | last = Squires | first = Tony | date = 30 September 1988 | title = Beat this beat | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald }} They marked their 40th year with a performance of a new work by Anthony Pateras, specially commissioned for the occasion.{{Citation | last = Vance | first = David | date = 24 April 2014 | title = Synergy Percussion: complex and satisfying | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald | url = https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/synergy-percussion-complex-and-satisfying-20140424-3772u.html }}

Synergy members have included founders Michael Askill (artistic director for the first 35 years) and Colin Piper.{{Citation | date = 24 April 2014 | title = Synergy Percussion turns 40 | periodical = ABC Radio National | url = https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/intothemusic/synergy/5638122 }} Others include Timothy Constable (artistic director 2009 - 2017), Ian Cleworth (artistic director (2017 -),{{Citation | last = McPherson | first = Angus | date = 24 April 2014 | title = Timothy Constable steps down as Synergy artistic director | periodical = Limelight Magazine | url = https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/timothy-constable-steps-down-as-synergy-artistic-director/ }} Rebecca Lagos, Joshua Hill, Bree van Reyk, William Jackson, Mark Robinson, Leah Scholes, Phillip South, Fritz Hauser, Alison Pratt, Jeremy Barnett, Graeme Leak,{{Cite journal | last = Devenish | first = Louise Amy| date = 2016 | title = Forty Years of Synergy Percussion | periodical = Percussive Notes | url = https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/forty-years-of-synergy-percussion |volume= 54 | issue= 1 |pages=28–33 }} Alison Eddington, Ian Bloxsom (founder) and Ron Reeves (founder).