About
Nathan Herbert is an orchestral percussionist and timpanist from Perth, Western Australia. In 2024 Nathan graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Australia – Conservatorium of Music under the tutelage of WASO Principal Percussionist Brian Maloney. In 2025 Nathan completed a Bachelor of Music (Degree with honours) from the University of Melbourne under the tutelage of MSO Principal Percussionist Shaun Trubiano.
He has received multiple awards and scholarships throughout his percussion career so far including the UWA Delano scholarship (2022), 1st prize in the ensemble category of the Marimbafest Australia competition (2022), Top 4 in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Snare Drum Competition (2024) and 2nd place in the UWA Waveney Wansborough Competition (2024).
Nathan has performed in principal positions in both the UWA Symphony Orchestra, the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the West Australian Wind Symphony and was a member of the Western Australian Youth Orchestra from 2021 to 2024. He has also been involved in multiple collaborations with West Australian Opera and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
In 2025 Nathan was a participant on AYO’s National Music Camp and a member of AYO’s flagship symphony orchestra where he had the privilege to be a part of the Australian Youth Orchestra International Tour performing in Europe’s most renowned concert halls including the Musikverein and the Concertgebouw. Nathan also participated in the AYO professional immersion program culminating in a successful casual audition with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
