James Longstaffe, piano / principal repetiteur

James Longstaffe is researching a D.Phil. on the film music of John Williams at Christ Church, Oxford, studying with Peter Franklin. Other musical interests include opera, 19th-Century German music and 20th-Century American music. He is principal tuba with the Oxford University Orchestra, Oxford Chamber Orchestra, Oxford Symphony Orchestra, Oxford University Sinfonietta and Christ Church Festival Orchestra. In addition, James is a busy accompanist and repetiteur: he was principal repetiteur for Oxford Millennium Opera's 2006 The Marriage of Figaro, as well as Oxford Touring Opera's Così fan tutte (2006) and La Traviata (2007), and is Music Director for their forthcoming L'italiana in Algeri. He is also principal accompanist for the choir of Blackbird Leys, featured on the Channel 5 television programme The Singing Estate, and is conductor of the Orchestra of Oxford, set up by him 2007, whose debut concert of music by Wagner and Rachmaninov was greated with music acclaim.