Thomas　Law profile

Tom was born on the 7th of april 1982 in Gillingham, England. His family moved to Germany when he was 2, and lived near Moenchengladbach for 14 years. He left home to attend Chethams school of Music in Manchester when he was 16. After 2 years in Manchester, he moved to London to the Royal College of Music to do a degree in Music, and to study the saxophone in greater depth. He has recently graduated (with a 1st class degree and a 'special directors prize') and is continuing his studies at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama on a post-graduate jazz course. As well as teaching music, he regularly play at a variety of venues around London - National Gallery, Dorchester Hotel, Tate Gallery etc.. He has also taken part in many competitions with Naoko both in Britain and in Europe. She helped him win a Yamaha Scholarship, and we were also prize winners at a competiton in Munich, Germany in 2002.
May 2005: Played in Walton's 'Facade' with Southbank Sinfonnia.
May 2005: Released first CD with Paragon Saxophone Quartet
April 2005: Played in Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
March 2005: Quartet recital at The Royal Welsh Academy of Music, Cardiff
March 2005: Quartet recital at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music, Glasgow
July 2004: Received Directors prize at Graduation Ceremony
May 2004: Awarded a ‘Countess of Munster Musical Trust’ grant
April 2004: Awarded a ‘Musicians Benevolent Fund’ grant
March 2004: Quartet Recital in the Victoria and Albert Museum
October 2003: Quartet Recital in the National Gallery
May 2003: Masterclass with Arno Bornkamp (Amsterdam Conservatoire)
February 2003: Awarded a Yamaha Scholarship in Cardiff
November 2002: Prizewinner in the ‘Wolfgang Jacobi’ Competition, Munich
October 2002: Masterclass with Claude Delangle (Paris Conservatoire)
At present, working as a member of paragon saxophone quartet