Tammas Slater

Location:

London
United Kingdom N6

Additional Info:

Currently Gilbert & Eileen Edgar and Anthony Saltmarsh Fellow in Collaborative Piano at the Royal College of Music.

A prize-winning graduate of Chetham’s School of Music, Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, I have partnered singers and instrumentalists at many of the UK’s most prestigious concert venues and festivals, including the Wigmore Hall, Leeds Lieder, and the Bridgewater Hall.

Available to play for recitals, competitions, ABRSM and Trinity exams, auditions and university and conservatoire exams.

Also available for choral accompaniment, vocal coaching and repetiteur work, and alongside the piano, also play harpsichord, organ and harmonium. I am an accomplished sight-reader, learn music quickly, and my skillset also includes figured bass, score reading, transposition and improvisation. Please see my biography below for more details of my experience.

I am particularly interested in 20th-century and contemporary music, and love to learn from my collaborators. I am always looking to expand my repertoire, and look forward to hearing from you, whether you are interested in performing well-known pieces, or are exploring lesser-known works.

Biography

A prize-winning graduate of Chetham’s School of Music, Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, Tammas Slater has partnered singers and instrumentalists at many of the UK’s most prestigious concert venues, including the Wigmore Hall, Leeds Lieder, and the Bridgewater Hall, and appeared on BBC Radio as a pianist, organist and composer. The recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships during his studies, Tammas is currently Gilbert & Eileen Edgar and Anthony Saltmarsh Fellow in Collaborative Piano at the Royal College of Music.

Alongside his work as a concertising collaborative musician, Tammas is also experienced as a choral accompanist and repetiteur, having served as permanent accompanist to Cambridge University Symphony Chorus, Hertford Choral Society and the Academy Choir, Wimbledon. He has also worked as a rehearsal pianist for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and opera and musical theatre productions at the Royal Academy of Music, Garsington Opera, Regent’s Opera and Nova Music Opera.

Alongside his work as a pianist, Tammas also enjoys a varied career as a freelance organist, both as a recitalist and church musician. He was Organ Scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, between 2019 and 2023, and has held posts at Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church in Cambridge, and St Michael’s, Highgate. Since 2024 he has been a freelance organist, serving in interim and cover positions at churches around London, including All Saint’s, Fulham, St Marylebone Parish Church and All Saint’s, Kingston upon Thames, and appeared as an accompanist and orchestral organist at many UK venues. Drawing on an eclectic repertoire from the Medieval to contemporary, Tammas has performed solo recitals around Europe and the UK.

Also a composer, and winner of BBC Young Composer of the Year, his works have been performed and commissioned by many ensembles, including the BBC Singers, Aurora Orchestra, Fidelio Trio and the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. His interest in contemporary composition has informed a great number of his collaborations and repertoire choices, and he has recently completed his MMus work on the role of complexist musical notation on the collaborative behaviour of musicians, with a specific focus on the works of Michael Finnissy.

Fees

£ 50.00 Pounds Per Hour
The fee quoted is provisional, and subject to negotiation with regards to repertoire requirements and hours worked.

Instruments

Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Jazz, Improvisation, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction, Ballet Accompaniment, Vocal Coaching

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