About Cont.

Following in his sister Charlotte's footsteps, Ollie began drum lessons with Omar Hayes aged 7. He continued his performance studies at the renowned Berklee College of Music (Boston, US), attained a Fellowship of Trinity College London, and became a Doctor of Philosophy after completing his PhD in Music at the University of Surrey.

Notable artists he has performed with include Rachel Zegler, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cynthia Erivo, Jason Robert Brown, Alfie Boe, Samantha Barks, Ramin Karimloo, Jordan Fisher, Tituss Burgess, Shoshana Bean, Joy Woods, Joey Richter, Lauren Lopez, Layton Williams, Nikita Kuzmin, Rachel Tucker, Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser, Natalie May Paris, Holly-Ann Hull, Earl Carpenter, Rob Houchen, Oliver Savile, Matt Henry, Rachael Hawnt, Jordan Luke Gage, Oliver Ormson, Janie Dee, Emma Kingston, Rachel Croft, and Eden Rain.

As well as live performance, Ollie has recorded drums at RAK and Damon Albarn’s Studio 13, and worked on drum tracks for Universal Production Music. His drum transcription work has attracted a combined audience of over 100,000 followers on social media, resulting in collaboration with the likes of Apple, Moises AI, Eloy Casagrande (Slipknot), Hasmon Abraham II (Nas), Thomas Lang, and JP Bouvet.