 He gave recitals with, amongst others, violinists Jane Peters and Miwako Abe and hornplayer Richard Runnels.In October 1998 as part of the Melbourne Festival, Mr McSkimming was the associate artist in recitals with the renowned Korean soprano Sumi Jo and American tenor Gary Lakes.McSkimming was a member of the State Opera Of South Australia from 1976–1989, after which he worked with the Victoria State Opera as Principal Repetiteur until joining Opera Australia for the year 1997.