Charles Mathews's Profile

Background:

I have a BMus and MA in composition from Chichester University, and an MMus in composition from Birmingham Conservatoire, as well as 10 years experience as a professional pianist specializing in ballet, having worked with most of the major ballet companies and vocational schools in the country. I have released 13 CDs of music for ballet classes and solos, having sold over 10,000 copies in shops and on iTunes. I Play the piano to LRCM level as well as having grade 8 on the organ, grade 7 on violin and 6 on trumpet. I have also worked extensively as a choir accompanist and a church organist. I have won compositional prizes, with pieces performed in various cathedrals and Birmingham Symphony Hall. I have excellent music theory and composition knowledge, as well as being very comfortable with technology. I have used Cubase and Sibelius extensively in my own recording studio. Experience of both private teaching at home and in student's homes, as well as work as a peripatetic teacher of piano, violin and trumpet in a Nottinghamshire