Benjamin Boo

Benjamin Boo joined Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) as a Percussionist in 2018 and was promoted to Percussion Principal in October 2022. He graduated from the Royal College of Music (RCM), London, with Master of Performance (Distinction) in 2016, under the support of the Neville Wathen Award. He was taught by renowned percussionists including David Hockings, She-e Wu, Matt Perry, and Ralph Salmins. His unique experiences in traditional Chinese Percussion allowed him to teach and perform traditional Chinese Percussion with RCM’s Percussion Department. While in London, he also performed with The Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with exclusive training under the BBCSO Pathway Scheme 2014–15.

Benjamin has performed worldwide, including Frank Zappa Music Festival “Zappanale” (Germany) and Mapping Melbourne (Australia). He has represented the SCO on tours to China, Korea, Berlin, Greece, and Prague, and was part of the SCO’s performance at Klassik Open Air in Nuremberg — a critically acclaimed concert attended by over 75,000 people.

Benjamin is a Director of the Singapore Percussion Association, co-founder and Ensemble Principal of Chinese wind percussion ensemble Reverberance, and an artist with Innovative Percussion and Pantheon Percussion.