Joshua Howard Abbott

In 2015 Joshua graduated with a Masters of Arts specialising in Piano Accompaniment.  The two year postgraduate was studied under the tuition of Zoe Smith and Richard McMahon, after achieving a 2:1 BMus (Hons) in Music Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2013. During this time, Joshua has studied under the tuition of Mary Dullea and James Kirby and Simon Lepper, along with well known performers; Alasdair Beatson, Benjamin Frith, Polina Leschenko and Martin Jones to name but a few. At the age of 26, Joshua has already held prestigious positions, such as the Pianist in Residence for the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, Mumbai, 2013. While in India, Joshua was pianist for Japanese violinist, Midori Goto’s masterclasses, and also performed private concerts for Maestro Zubin Mehta. Within the UK, Joshua has appeared as an accompanist on National television, and live on BBC Radio. He was the pianist for the College Symphony Orchestra Remembrance Concert conducted by Maestro Carlo Rizzi at St. Davids Hall. He also provides piano tuition to dozens of students, both independently and in private music schools, and has just established a new music facility in Monmouth. Not just limited to classical piano, Joshua is a keyboardist and has a busy career performing in musicals. With experience of working directly with West-End Musical Directors, he can programme for shows with high-end computer mapping technology, using electric synthesisers.