TOM LEES (trombone tenor, sackbut) »
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Biography
Tom is a member of the English Cornett & Sackbutt Ensemble and of the Baroque Brass of London.
Tom studied the trombone at the Royal Northern College of Music and then, after winning a Countess of Munster musical scholarship to continue his early music studies, at the Royal College of Music where he was the first full-time student of the sackbut.
Since graduating from the RCM in 1993, Tom has worked with London Brass on a record of Venetian brass music Music From The Time Of Claudio Monteverdi, LCSE, Accendo Cat. No. 913, and has performed and recorded with many of the specialist period instrument ensembles, including The Gabrieli Consort and Players, The English Baroque Soloists, The King's Consort, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Tafelmusik, with whom he recorded the Mozart Requiem trombone solo.
Tom is also a regular performer with The Musicians of the Globe, a group specially assembled to provide music at the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe on London's Bankside.
Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Belmont Ensemble of London, Brandenburg Sinfonia, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, English Philharmonia, Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort, Grange Park Opera, London Handel Orchestra, London Musical Arts Orchestra (LMA Orchestra), Milton Keynes City Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, St James Baroque Players. Shows: Globe Theatre Musicians, Lion King.
Tom's orchestral work also includes the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, New London Consort, London Classical Players, Hanover Band, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Baroque Brass of London, King's Consort, English Cornett & Sagbutt Ensemble, London Brass. Tom also depped on the UK tours of "Calamity Jane" and "Carmen Jones".
Education
Tom was born in Huntingdon 1970. Tom's schooling took place at Clarendon College, Nottingham (1986 - 1988). Tom's graduate studies took place at the Royal Northern College of Music (1988 - 1992) and the Royal College of Music (1992 - 1993).
Prizes and Awards
- Countess of Munster Scholarship (1992)
- Foundation Scholarship at RCM (1992)
Teachers: Christopher Houlding, Andrew Berryman, Susan Addison, Peter Bassano.
Tom joined Morgensterns in October 1996
Tom's web profile was last updated 19th May 2012