Rachael Buxton Repetiteur
Rachael Buxton initially studied at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama and went on to spend a year at the Royal College of Music studying piano with Bernard Roberts and Simon Nicholls and chamber music with the Chilingirian Quartet. She gained her BMus degree at King’s College London in 1997 whilst having piano lessons with Patsy Toh at the Royal Academy of Music. In July 2001 Rachael completed her postgraduate course in piano accompaniment at the Academy where she studied with both Geoffrey Pratley and Aaron Shorr. She has also participated in masterclasses with Rudolf Jansen, John Streets, Geoffrey Parsons and at the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme with Malcolm Martineau, Graham Johnson and Martin Isepp.

Rachael is a busy accompanist regularly giving duo recitals with both singers and instrumentalists, she is involved with various chamber music projects including the Dorion Piano Quartet and Aristos (wind ensemble plus piano) and earlier this year took part in the Young Songmakers’ Almanac with the Bass-Baritone Jonathan Pugsley. Rachael has been a staff accompanist for the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, ‘Singing in Aragon’ International Summer Course and Music Festival in association with European Chamber Opera and also presently at Junior Guildhall. Her repetiteur experience includes British Youth Opera (Don Giovanni, and this summer, Albert Herring) Beaufort Opera and the Genesis Project, run by Aldeburgh Almeida Opera.