Tom is Principal Cornet of the world famous Cory Band and is well-known as a brilliant cornet soloist. He began learning the cornet at the age of nine and joined his local brass band, Stannington. As an early teenager he joined Barnsley Building Society Band and quickly ascended to the position of principal cornet.
Tom’s first taste of playing ‘top man’ in a championship section band happened a few years later, aged fifteen,