top of page

BIOGRAPHY

An 18 year old from Yorkshire in England, he aspires to be a professional musician. His journey from the age of 7 playing the guitar has evolved and made him become who he is today. Read more below on his story.

At the age of 8, Theo began to play the Classical Guitar at his Primary School. During his time at his Primary, he heard a Clarinet for the first time and was hooked. A year later after passing his Classical Guitar Grade 1, his parents bought him a Clarinet. Absolutely enthralled with it, he passed his Grade 5 within two years. His sister then purchased herself an Alto Saxophone, his Dad following suit and buying a Tenor Saxophone too. Having only ever seen pictures and knowing the general stigma of the Saxophone and how cool it was, he was hooked onto the Tenor, just like the Clarinet. He adopted the Tenor after his Dad stopped playing , and went on to have lessons. Three years later, he finally got round to doing his Grade 5 Theory and then passed his Grade 7 with a Distinction on the Tenor. Another two years passed and he picked up the Alto too, of which his sister was now done with having bought herself a new Yanagisawa Alto Saxophone. During this period of Tenor Saxophone playing he self taught himself the Bass Guitar, and furthered his Acoustic & Electric Guitar playing.

A year passed, after playing in many School shows and external productions, and he became friends with a fellow musician who introduced him to the York Music Forum. Very quickly his playing improved exponentially, becoming more and more comfortable with improvisation and solos. Half a year later, a prestigious invite only band was created of which he became 1st Tenor from the get-go. Another half year goes by, with many gigs and performances, and even competitions taking place. Having only been formed half a year earlier, they were catching big name act's attention, even being invited to competitions and to back big names artists such as Dennis Rollins.

Having had such a success with these bands, he decided to create his own YouTube channel to test out recording and performance. Around the same time of creation, he started to teach himself the trumpet by playing many big band pieces.

And the story goes on!

bottom of page