Teaching

Tommy enjoys helping students of all ages discover confidence, curiosity and enjoyment through music. Whether working with complete beginners, advanced students preparing for auditions or adults returning to the instrument, he aims to create lessons that are supportive, engaging and tailored to each individual.

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Drawing on his experience as a professional orchestral musician, Tommy encourages students to develop not only strong technical foundations but also musical imagination, thoughtful practice habits and independence as performers.

He currently teaches with Coventry Music, Manhattan Music and through his own private practice, teaching oboe, cor anglais, piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, recorder, piano and ukulele.

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Tommy’s teaching experience covers stints within the Learning and Participation Ensemble at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham’s Services For Education, workshops with his quintet Inventus, and across music academies like Ingenium and the Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra.​​​​

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Tommy is always happy to tailor lessons to each student’s needs, whether playing for enjoyment, to advance through ABRSM and Trinity exams, or to progress to Conservatoire level. Theory and aural are aspects Tommy can advise with, as well as reed making and orchestral excerpts.

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Lessons are available in person and online. Tommy is a native English speaker, with developing conversational German.