Mr. Partington has also worked with singers, guitarists, and other instrumentalists, including the eminent English organist Margaret Phillips, American soprano Carmen Pelton, and mezzo-soprano Louise Marley. He has appeared live on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Bristol, Great Western Radio in Somerset, KING-FM and KUOW in Seattle, KZAZ in Bellingham, and KAOS in Olympia, WA. In 1997 Mr. Partington was the first-prize winner in both the Northwest Guitar Competition and the Capitol Area Youth Symphony concerto competition. He was also awarded the Helen Crowe Memorial Scholarship by the Seattle Musical Art Society. Mr. Partington was a prize-winner at the 1996 Portland Guitar Competition and has been awarded the prestigious Brechemin performance scholarship by the University of Washington. He has also been a semi-finalist in both the Karl Scheit competition in Vienna and the Guitar Foundation of America competition in Montreal, Quebec.

Mr. Partington began playing guitar as a child growing up in Wales, and studied in England with Jonathan Baker and Wendy Partridge. He moved to the United States in 1991 and studied with Gary Bissiri before entering the University of Washington to study with Steven Novacek from 1994 to 1998. He has also performed in Masterclasses for Eduardo Fernandez, David Russell, Oscar Ghiglia, Scott Tennant, Roberto Aussel, Benjamin Verdery, William Kanengiser and Michael Troester. When not touring Mr. Partington makes his home in Seattle, where he also teaches at Rosewood Guitar.