Tom joined Music in the Round in 2015 and works with us alongside his career as a broadcaster on BBC Radio 3, currently presenting the station’s most popular programme Essential Classics. Tom grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and studied classical guitar with Craig Ogden at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he now also lectures. Tom also curates the new music series at Kettle’s Yard Art Gallery in Cambridge and is a member of the Artistic Sub-Committee at NMC Recordings.