Tim was a chorister at York Minster before winning a Major Music Scholarship to Eton College. The foundations of his playing were put in place by Sue Lowe and Anna Shuttleworth.  He was a member of the National Youth Orchestra from the age of 13 and was Principal Cello in 2004. He won a Foundation Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music and after one year transferred to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study with Louise Hopkins. He graduated in 2008 with a First Class honours degree.

Tim made his concerto debut aged 11 playing the Saint-Saëns concerto at York Minster and Selby Abbey with York University Chamber Orchestra. Since then he has played concertos and recitals throughout the UK and abroad. As a chamber musician he has performed in major venues including Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, St John’s Smith Square and St James’s Piccadilly.

Tim has won many awards and prizes including from the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Craxton Memorial Trust, Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Countess of Munster Award scheme. In 2008 he won the English Chamber Orchestra Duchess of Cornwall Prize. He also won the Jacqueline du Pré Scholarship sponsored by the Lerverhulme Trust to support his postgraduate studies at the GSMD, which he combines with his busy concert and recital schedule.

Tim is a ‘Recommended Artist’ for the 2010 season under Making Music’s Philip and Dorothy Green Award scheme and is being promoted by the Countess of Munster Trust’s Recital Scheme for 2010/11. He is the winner of the 2011 Kickman Concet Society prize (solo Wigmore hall recital).

Recent performance highlights

Highlights of the last twelve months were Tim’s performances of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations in the University of York Concert series, the Elgar concerto in Southwell Minster and Haydn’s D Major concerto with Derby Festival Orchestra where he was winner of the festival Gold Medal. His recitals during 2009 included appearances at the Holywell Rooms Oxford, St James’s Church Piccadilly, Southwell Minster and the National Centre for Early Music in York. He played Haydn D major concerto at Lady Walton’s festival on the island of Ischia, Italy. His recent performances include a recital at the Jacqueline du Pré Building in Oxford and he was invited to be Guest Principal Cello with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra during February and April 2010. He appears regularly with the cellos of the English Chamber Orchestra.

Tim’s busy future schedule includes two performances of the Dvorak concerto in March 2010 and the Schumann concerto  later in the spring and recitals all over the country (see forthcoming performances for up-to-date information).

Tim’s playing has inspired a number of composers to write new pieces most recently James Week’s Partita for solo cello. Tim is holder of the prestigious Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He plays on a cello made in Venice in 1744 by Carlo Tononi.

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