Accompanist

Matthew Shipton  

Matthew left the business world in London in 2002 and embarked on a music degree, slightly later than anticipated, in 2003 but successfully graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2006 with first class honours and subsequently gained a Masters degree in piano performance in 2008. The recipient in 2007 of the Metropole Arts Scholarship, he has been studying piano with Kim Burwell for 4 years (and the organ with David Flood for 2 years) and is in demand as an accompanist and repetiteur to choirs, choral societies and chamber ensembles. Matthew won the Alan Parnell prize for piano accompaniment in 2005. Recent performances include Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D Minor with the University orchestra, Beethoven’s Archduke Trio with the Maggini strings in the Canterbury Festival and Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto with the Old Carthusian orchestra in 2008. 

Matthew currently teaches and lectures at Canterbury Christ Church University and is also engaged in work for the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, based in the University’s new campus in Folkestone. 

He is married to Camilla with three children (Phoebe 13, Arthur 11 and Jack 5) and now lives in Sandwich. Hobbies include anything to do with sport and music, especially Arsenal and golf and tennis.