Tim Kennedy

Accompanist

Tim studied music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and is now a freelance musician based in Manchester.  As well as being a piano accompanist, he also works as a professional singer, vocal coach and organist. He is a staff repetiteur for the School of Vocal and Opera Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, playing for singing classes, assessments and recitals. He is also an accompanist for the British and International Federation of Festivals. This involves working regularly as an official accompanist at a number of competitive music festivals in the North of England, including Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Burnley, Buxton, Chester, Cleethorpes, Fleetwood, Hazel Grove, Heaton Mersey, Sheffield, and at Regional Championship events.

Tim is one of the official accompanists at a prestigious competition for singers from conservatoires and universities around the country, called the Singers’ Platform, part of the David Clover Festival in Sheffield. He has regular accompaniment work at various schools including Sale Grammar school, and he has worked as the regular rehearsal pianist for the Tatton Singers for more than ten years now. Tim is also a staff accompanist for the CSSM Summer School, and regularly accompanies singers and instrumentalists in concerts across the North of England. He has recently accompanied in competitions at the Uppermill Summer Music Festival and the Keldwyth Cumbrian Young Musicians’ Award. For further information, his website can be found here