He has worked extensively with both singers and piano accompanists at many colleges throughout the United States and performed as collaborative pianist nationwide and abroad. |
Some conductors appear in public as keyboard accompanists, a part many of them constantly play exceedingly well in private rehearsal. |
Many think organists are just accompanists or just play in church. |
The violinist Francesco Geminiani's treatise of 1755 warns of accompanists who don't pay close attention to their partners. |
Even those musicians who are not professional accompanists will likely find use for this skill in their studios or ensemble rehearsals. |
Simon Over, organist of St.Margaret's, Westminster and already one of the UK's most capable young accompanists and operatic repetiteurs, makes his operatic conducting debut. |