About
Tommy began his studies with members of Opera North and the City of Hull Music Service. During this time he established himself as a key orchestral player, winning both the Woodwind Player of the Year and Musician of the Year awards.
This was before gaining a scholarship to study at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where engagements included Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake at Birmingham Hippodrome and principal cor anglais in a performance of Strauss’ Oboe Concerto with Jonathan Kelly, solo oboist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Awards were numerous, including Second Prize in the Winifred Micklam Prize, Finalist in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Woodwind Prize and Winners of the Leamington Music Prize with his quintet Inventus. Funds were used to tour internationally in Texas the next year.
In 2020, Tommy moved to Manchester for his Master’s at the Royal Northern College of Music. During his time in Manchester, Tommy won the RNCM Rothwell Prize for Oboeand played the cor anglais part for Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony in Bridgewater Hall. He also completed an Erasmus+ exchange for at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Paris with David Walter.
Since completing his Master's, Tommy, now based in Birmingham, has collaborated with several ensembles, including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and Hallé. He has taken part in the coveted Britten Pears Young Artists programme at Snape Maltings and in March 2023, toured to Neom, Saudi Arabia with Manchester Camerata. In November 2025 Tommy was fortunate enough to accompany Eurythmy West Midlands on a tour to Karachi, Pakistan, as part of the World Culture Festival, and has since performed with the group in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden.
Tommy is currently expanding his freelance work internationally and welcomes opportunities for orchestral performance, chamber music, teaching and creative collaborations throughout Europe. Tommy particularly enjoys the collaborative nature of orchestral and chamber music, combining thoughtful preparation with a calm, curious approach to rehearsal and performance.
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