Blog – Steve Pope : Drummer

‘Tis the season for Christmas drum lesson vouchers

stevepope 19.11.2019 Blog

Give the gift of sick beats this Christmas. Know someone who's a tap-aholic? Someone who's always wanted to play the drums but never got around to it? Or maybe you already know a drummer and are stumped about what to buy them for Christmas? Get them some drum lesson gift vouchers! I...

Back in Melbourne for lessons

stevepope 31.10.2019 Blog

The Muriel’s Wedding the Musical tour has finished and now I’m back in Melbourne. I’ll be back at Fall Back Studios in Flemington and teaching in person lessons starting November 2nd, 2019. I teach students of all ability levels across a wide range of genres with...

Muriel’s Wedding the Musical opens in Brisbane

stevepope 22.09.2019 Blog

We’re open Brisbane! Great to be back in my old home town to play drums for Muriel’s Wedding the Musical. The band is sounding great and looking forward to playing with these amazing musicians. Only 6 weeks until the tour is all finished! ...

Muriel’s Wedding the Musical opens in Sydney

stevepope 05.07.2019 Blog

Sydney we’re open! Muriel’s Wedding the Musical opening night band family portrait at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney. So great to play with the original band line up from the first run of Muriel’s back on 2017-18. Looking forward to playing with this crew for...

Muriel’s Wedding the Musical opens in Melbourne

stevepope 25.03.2019 Blog

I'm back in Porpoise Spit! Muriel's Wedding the musical has kicked off its national tour in Melbourne. I'll be playing drums for the entire tour which travels to Sydney and Brisbane after the Melbourne season. Looking forward to playing the incredible tunes from the score...

Evita opening night and review

stevepope 10.12.2018 Blog

Evita opening night was a blast! The show has come together pretty quickly for the orchestra, less than 10 days from first rehearsal to opening night. Such a great band and the music for the show is challenging and super fun to play. Here's a...

Evita – The Musical

stevepope 07.11.2018 Blog

Super stoked to announce that I’ll be playing drums for the upcoming season of EVITA the musical opening at the Arts Centre Melbourne in December. This show has more than 20 major awards to its credit and will feature an incredible cast including Tina Arena playing Eva...

Muriel’s Wedding the Musical wins five Helpmann Awards

stevepope 27.07.2018 Blog

With music by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall, Muriel's Wedding the Musical took out Best Original Score, Best Costume, Best Choreography, Best Music Direction and Best Sound Design at the 2018 Helpmann Awards. Huge congratulations to the whole team, especially Kate and Keir for the great score and the genius that is...

New teaching studio complete

stevepope 13.06.2018 Blog

My new teaching studio in Flemington has had the final touches completed and is ready to go. I have two acoustic kits set up for lessons in a brand new studio and looking forward teaching in this space. If you're keen for a lesson, hit...

Evan Klar tour with The Jungle Giants all done

stevepope 29.04.2018 Blog

So the epic tour with Evan Klar supporting The Jungle Giants and Alice Ivy is now done. Sad that it's all over now, what a ride! Fifteen sold out shows around the country and such a great crew of people to hang with. It was great...