Richard Black

Name:	Richard Black
Location:	London United Kingdom SE15
Contact:	I get emails from this website on my mobile phone. To speak in person, call me at home on 020 7277 7068 Send Richard Black a message

Additional Info:	Vastly experienced at all levels from Wigmore Hall, Royal Opera House etc. downwards, accompanying any voice or instrument. High-quality recording facilities available. I've accompanied every voice and every orchestral instrument in a huge repertoire, both on stage and behind the scenes. I'm a familiar face at all the London conservatoires and particularly at Goldsmiths College, where I seem to accompany almost everyone on almost every instrument. I am also the accompanist of choice for several of London's leading opera-singer agents. I've worked for dozens of opera companies on dozens on operas, old and new. I love nothing more than a challenge and an opportunity to expand my already lengthy repertoire list (see 'Repertoire' tabs). Cheerful, friendly and happy to travel to your rehearsal venue or accommodate in my cosy music room with Bechstein grand piano. Sight reading? I've done it live on BBC Radio 3, and in singers' auditions have sight-read Strauss, Birtwhistle, composers no one has ever heard of - you name it. For rehearsals and gigs with no piano available I have a good quality Roland 'stage piano' (digital keyboard). I _much_ prefer a real piano but keyboards have their uses. I have some professional experience playing harpsichord, though I don't currently own one. I also have very high quality recording equipment for all those various uses one can think of (see 'Recording' tab). I can use this optionally with video recording, editing sound and video together on the computer to give professional-sounding videos with the added advantage of highly sophisticated editing of the audio, something that is generally assumed not to be possible with videos made with a single fixed camera. I have a current CRB Enhanced Disclosure.
Fees:	£ 20.00 Pounds Per Hour £20 per hour, for anything, for anybody. Single audition (in London) £20.
Instruments:	Piano, Harpsichord
Additional Specialisms:	Contemporary Music, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Répétiteur

Richard Black

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