Billy is a pianist, piano teacher and music tutor based in London and Northampton

Studying the piano and violin from a young age, Billy attended Northampton School for Boys and achieved distinctions in all his piano examinations, including ABRSM Grade 8. He passed GCSE Music with an A* and aged just 16 performed live at Symphony Hall Birmingham and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London.

After winning a music scholarship to Stowe School, Billy was awarded an ATCL Diploma with Distinction and an A in A Level Music. Billy has recently gone on to achieve a first class degree in music from the University of Manchester and a distinction in his LTCL diploma.

As well as performing at Symphony Hall Birmingham and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, Billy has also performed at the Royal Northern College of Music, St Lawrence Jewry Church in London, St Paul’s Church in Bedford, the Cripps Hall Theatre Northampton, Spinney Hill Theatre Northampton, the Royal and Derngate Theatre Northampton, and the Ugland Auditorium, Marble Hall and South Front at Stowe School.

Billy received a Distinction for his performance at the 2018 Milton Keynes Festival (2018) performing works by Bach and Chopin and he organised and performed at a Northampton charity concert in 2020 raising money for the NHS during the first lockdown.

Billy has studied under Mr Mark Pescott (Dip ABRSM, LRAM, ARAM, FTCL), Pamela M. Rawlinson (LRAM, ARCM), Ben Andrew (BMus(Hons) Trinity College of Music, LTCL, FTCL) and Richard Casey (RNCM, PPRNCM and founder-member of Psappha).

Billy has also been guided in masterclasses led by Graham Fitch, Anna Markland (Winner of BBC Young Musician 1982), Lukas Geniušas (2nd prize winner at Int. Chopin Piano Competition 2010), Martin Roscoe, and Nikki Iles.

Billy has a close connection with much Romantic repertoire, especially the works of Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Rachmaninoff.  He also enjoys performing earlier classical and baroque works – as well as more contemporary works by likes of Einuadi, Yiruma and Alexis Ffrench. 

In September 2024, Billy performed a fundraising concert in Northampton at St Matthew’s Church in aid of The Lewis Foundation. Present were Lee and Lorraine Lewis – founders of The Lewis Foundation, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Northampton, Cllr Paul Joyce and Mylissa Joyce. 

Billy is DBS-checked and a member of the Musicians’ Union.