Music has always featured in Thomas’s life; in 2018 he performed Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto in Ely, in 2019 he was the musical director for Ugly Youth performing at the Edinburgh Fringe. He has since been involved with various musical shows, including Oh! What a Lovely War and Sunday in the Park with George with RWCMD. Since being at RWCMD and RAM, Tom has immersed himself in the music world, taking on numerous solo, ensemble and choral works.

Collaborating with singers and instrumentalists, he has had the opportunity to work closely with renowned musicians such as Susan Manoff, James Baillieu, Malcolm Martineau, Joseph Middleton, Yvonne Kenny, Natalie Clein, Simon Lepper, Jayson Gillham, Andrew West, Alice Neary, Ben Tarlton, Robert Plane and Jams Coleman. He is now taught by Michael Dussek and John Reid.

Tom has had the privilege to perform at many concert venues; including a charity concert to raise money for Ukraine in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, the Penarth Chamber Music Festival, Italian Cultural Institute, Austrian Cultural Forum and the Halifax Philharmonic Club. Tom has been awarded the Geoffrey Buckley Memorial Prize and for two consecutive years won the Bryan Davies Memorial Prize. He is the winner of the 2023 John Ireland competition. Tom also won the Trevor Pugsley Prize and has been nominated for the Musicians’ Company Carnwath Piano Scholarship