Tony Fountain, BMus (HONS), MMus

I have over ten years of professional performance experience as a solo artist for weddings, parties and functions, and as an accompanist for instrumentalists, vocalists and choirs. I am available for examinations, recitals, concerts and festivals, recording sessions and shows in the Yorkshire region. I can perform in a wide range of genres from popular through to classical and jazz styles. I also have ten years experience as a piano tutor, both as a private tutor and teaching small groups and individuals at the popular Keech School of Music in Hull and in 1999 I was awarded the Gough & Davy Rose Bowl for the most outstanding senior competitor at the Hull City Hall Music Festival.

Trained as an accompanist at the University of Hull I graduated with a First Class BMus degree in 2007 specialising in Advanced Performance and Accompaniment. That year I was awarded AHRC funding to undertake a Masters degree in Music specialising in solo performance and performance analysis, which I succesfully completed in 2008. I studied the piano with Irena Glushenkova, a former tutor of the Moscow Conservatoire. In addition, I have received specialist piano tuition from some of the country's leading solo artists including Benjamin Frith, Colin Stone, the Cann Twins and Sarah Beth-Briggs. During my time at the University I have accompanied numerous instrumental and vocal recitals, exams and other performances.

I am currently the resident accompanist for the Maureen Hunter Singers based in Hull, East Yorkshire. The MHS is a choir with over 80 members and they have performed in such distinguished venues as Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Cathedral in Notre-Dame. In addition, the choir will be performing in the Vatican in October. Alongside this, the choir have performed in front of HRH Prince Philip, Prince Edward and Her Majesty the Queen.

If a piano is unavailable at your venue I can provide my own high-quality Roland stage piano. References available on request