ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR,
KEYS & REHEARSAL PIANO
I am a reliable and supportive keyboard specialist who is comfortable as an accompanist and ensemble musician. I am well prepared for any engagement, and I perform well under pressure. As an accompanist, I specialise in musical theatre.
I developed my skills as an accompanist at school, playing for choirs and other ensembles, as well as learning jazz piano and being part of jazz and big band groups. I spent part of my career in church and cathedral music, including positions as a cathedral organ scholar, cathedral choral scholar, two assistant cathedral organist positions and a similar post at a public school. The assistant organist is the principal accompanist and deputy conductor for all choirs in the relevant establishment, and I was accompanying eight services per week at the height of this part of my career, all with different musical requirements. During this time, I played for services, concerts, tours, examinations (grade exams, GCSES, A-level, degree), recordings, broadcasts (including live on the BBC) and a royal visit, as well as giving solo organ and harpsichord recitals at cathedrals and other venues around the country.
As an ensemble musician, I have played harpsichord and organ continuo in early music as well as orchestral keyboard instruments (harmonium, celesta etc) in arrangements of larger works, including Mahler’s Symphony No.4 and Das lied von der erde, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an exhibition with the Nottingham chamber ensemble saraBande. A career highlight was playing continuo in a concert of Handel’s Theodora with Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque. As a rehearsal pianist, my portfolio has included Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi’s Requiem and Jenkins’ The Armed Man.
In musical theatre, I am proficient in programming Apple Mainstage alongside industry standard sample sets, including piano libraries from Synthogy and orchestral libraries from Spitfire Audio. I am used to regularly performing with my own Mainstage-based setup. As an accompanist, my specialism is musical theatre and contemporary concert works. I have played for a number of musical theatre productions as an assistant MD, rehearsal pianist and keys player, and am a repetiteur for the London Musical Theatre Orchestra for play-through days, as well as a keyboard player for the Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra for concerts and play-through days. Previous engagements have included amateur and school-level productions as AMD, rehearsal pianist or keyboard chair, including Les Miserables School Edition, Bugsy Malone, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, and Oliver! Play-through days are not listed due to performing rights agreements, but I have played keyboard chairs in popular musicals in that capacity.
I hold the Licentiateship of Trinity College, London (LTCL) in organ performance with distinction, as well as the Associateship of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO).
My tutors have included David Briggs, Colin Walsh, and John Keys.
I developed my skills as an accompanist at school, playing for choirs and other ensembles, as well as learning jazz piano and being part of jazz and big band groups. I spent part of my career in church and cathedral music, including positions as a cathedral organ scholar, cathedral choral scholar, two assistant cathedral organist positions and a similar post at a public school. The assistant organist is the principal accompanist and deputy conductor for all choirs in the relevant establishment, and I was accompanying eight services per week at the height of this part of my career, all with different musical requirements. During this time, I played for services, concerts, tours, examinations (grade exams, GCSES, A-level, degree), recordings, broadcasts (including live on the BBC) and a royal visit, as well as giving solo organ and harpsichord recitals at cathedrals and other venues around the country.
As an ensemble musician, I have played harpsichord and organ continuo in early music as well as orchestral keyboard instruments (harmonium, celesta etc) in arrangements of larger works, including Mahler’s Symphony No.4 and Das lied von der erde, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an exhibition with the Nottingham chamber ensemble saraBande. A career highlight was playing continuo in a concert of Handel’s Theodora with Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque. As a rehearsal pianist, my portfolio has included Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi’s Requiem and Jenkins’ The Armed Man.
In musical theatre, I am proficient in programming Apple Mainstage alongside industry standard sample sets, including piano libraries from Synthogy and orchestral libraries from Spitfire Audio. I am used to regularly performing with my own Mainstage-based setup. As an accompanist, my specialism is musical theatre and contemporary concert works. I have played for a number of musical theatre productions as an assistant MD, rehearsal pianist and keys player, and am a repetiteur for the London Musical Theatre Orchestra for play-through days, as well as a keyboard player for the Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra for concerts and play-through days. Previous engagements have included amateur and school-level productions as AMD, rehearsal pianist or keyboard chair, including Les Miserables School Edition, Bugsy Malone, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, and Oliver! Play-through days are not listed due to performing rights agreements, but I have played keyboard chairs in popular musicals in that capacity.
I hold the Licentiateship of Trinity College, London (LTCL) in organ performance with distinction, as well as the Associateship of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO).
My tutors have included David Briggs, Colin Walsh, and John Keys.
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