James Morris is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He is a solo pianist, rehearsal pianist, accompanist and teacher of piano, keyboard, flute, recorder and music theory.

 

James graduated from the University of Huddersfield with a BMus (Hons) degree, specialising in piano performance. He has achieved his Diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in piano performance (DipABRSM), and is studying towards his Licentiate diploma qualification from Trinity College London (LTCL).

 

James has vast experience as a performer of varying styles of solo piano repertoire. He has performed in many venues around Warwickshire, including as soloist in Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 with the Bedworth Symphony Orchestra.

 

James is regularly in demand as an accompanist for local choirs and soloists. Before studying music at university, James was employed by the Nuneaton Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society as a rehearsal pianist for the productions of Godspell and Guys and Dolls. During his degree, James was in great demand as an accompanist for performance exams and recitals for instrumentalists and singers. He was the rehearsal pianist and Musical Director of the Huddersfield University Drama Society for successful performances of Godspell and Return to the Forbidden Planet. Since his return to the Midlands, James has regularly accompanied a variety of instrumentalists in music examinations for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and Trinity Guildhall, and has been the official accompanist for the woodwind, strings and brass section of the Nuneaton Festival of Arts for the last three years.

 

He has worked as Musical Director for the Spa Theatre Company Youth Section, as rehearsal pianist and Musical Director for the Hinckley Concordia Theatre Group, and is currently Musical Director of the Nuneaton branch of the Society of Recorder Players. James enjoys deputising as conductor of the Nuneaton Choral Society and the Bedworth Singers.

 

James has performed on piccolo with the Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a member of the Bedworth Symphony Orchestra, with whom he plays flute and piccolo.