TOM JESTY MUSICIAN

Tom has enjoyed music making for as long as he can remember. He began singing at an early age in the Winchester College chapel choir, and in 2004 he won the BBC Chorister of the Year competition. A number of recording and broadcasting opportunities followed, which included singing on Blue Peter, Radio3, and on the soundtrack for Christopher Nolan's film, Batman Begins. Tom went on to study at Winchester College with a music scholarship, and during that time he gained a DipABRSM in violin, and an FTCL in piano. In his final year at the college, he performed Rachmaninov's second piano concerto with the school orchestra. 

Tom went on to study music at St Peter's college Oxford as a choral scholar, and performed Beethoven's fourth piano concerto with the college orchestra. It was during this time that Tom also discovered the joy of accompaniment. Tom went on to work as a piano teacher and accompanist in Winchester, before moving to London in 2021 to study for a masters in piano accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which he gained with distinction in 2023, followed by a year as a junior fellow. While at the Guildhall, Tom studied with Pamela Lidiard and Iain Burnside. Tom draws on his choral experience acting as accompanist for the City Chamber Choir, directed by Stephen Jones. He also works as music director at St Mary's church in Islington, and sings occasionally with the Guildhall Session Singers, a jazz choir directed by Clare Wheeler. He has recently completed a year as Graduate Fellow in Collaborative Piano at Royal Holloway University.