On leaving school at the age of 15 Tim joined the Band of the Grenadier Guards as a French Horn player after studying arranging and conducting at The Royal Military School of Music, Knellar Hall, where he won the Cassel’s prize and the Worshipful Company of Musicians medal.
Tim’s life as a musician in the army was featured in the BBC Omnibus programme Makers of the Queen’s Music. His main instrument is the Pianoforte however and this led him into other areas of music, leaving the army behind and forming Dick Lizard an 8 piece Jazz rock band.
Tim was the Musical Director at Redroofs Theatre School for ten years and has become more involved with music in a theatrical context over the last three decades composing and arranging scores for new shows, The Emperor’s New Clothes and has been working with James for many years, finalising Make Believe.
He owns a state–of–the–art recording studio at his home in Maidenhead.
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