Thomas Pilsbury

Bass Trombone

Professional Orchestral Experience (active since 2022):

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales (including recording for BBC Radio 3 broadcast)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra Dublin (including broadcasts on RTE Lyric FM and YouTube)
English National Ballet Philharmonic
Welsh National Opera (Opera Tutti)
Manchester Camerata
English Symphony Orchestra
Mozart Symphony Orchestra
British Sinfonietta/Welsh Session Orchestra
Orchestra De Cymru
New English Concert Orchestra
National Festival Orchestra (International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (extras list as of 2023)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (extras list as of 2024)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (extras list as of 2023 from audition)
Orchestra of Opera North (extras list as of 2023)
Irish National Opera (extras list as of 2023)
Bath Philharmonia (extras list as of 2023)

Session:

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (HM Queen Elizabeth II – The Commemorative Album 2022)
Northern Film Orchestra

Training:

Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (2018-2020)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) Training Scheme (October 2017- June 20182)
Orchestra of the Birmingham Royal Ballet (Royal Ballet Sinfonia), Side-by-Side scheme, (2017-2018 and 2020)
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera Side-by-Side events (2017-2020)
CBSO Youth Orchestra (2015-2018)
Amadeus Summer School (2018, 2019, 2022)
Dartington International Summer School (2015)
Education and qualifications:
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC)
MMus Instrumental Performance Degree with Distinction, 2018-2020
BMus (Hons) 2:1, 2014-2018

Teachers:

James Buckle (2022 – current)
Keith McNicoll (2017- current)
Bob Hughes (2012-2020), David Vines (2015-2020), Amos Miller (2018-2020), Richard Watkin (2019-2020), Edward Jones (2018-2020), Peter Moore (2018-2020), Susan Addison (2014-2020) and Christopher Houlding (2014-2018).

Referees:

Amos Miller, Former Head of Brass RBC, Head of Brass RCM, Principal Trombone, Royal Ballet Sinfonia
David Vines, Principal Bass Trombone, CBSO,

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Instruments
Bass Trombone, Contrabass Trombone