Biography

A fourth generation musician, Kit Massey studied with Michael Bochman at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where he graduated with a first. Kit then embarked on an eclectic career as both a violinist and pianist, spending a year playing violin with the Philamonia de Santiago, Chile as well as recording sessions at Abbey Road and BBC Maida Vale with the Heritage Orchestra.

Kit is a teacher at both the senior and junior departments of Trinity Laban where he teaches musicianship and improvisation and holds a Fellowship of Higher Education. He has written for the Strad magazine, documenting his time learning Carnatic violin in India with Mysore V. Ambaprasad.

In 2019 Kit was invited to the San Francisco Conservatoire “Bach and Beyond festival” where he performed several improvisations in response to great works by J.S.Bach.

Kit has several published arrangements, compositions and teaching resources aimed at encouraging creativity and improvisation in younger musicians.