Tom Davoren (b1986) is a conductor and composer with an international reputation in wind music.
As a conductor of brass bands Tom began his career with the BTM Band in Wales, later holding positions with the famous Desford Colliery and Fairey Bands. With his own band, Filton, he won titles including the first section National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain in 2014, British Open Senior Trophy in 2016, and British Open Senior Cup in 2017. He served as conductor of the National Youth Brass Band of Wales in 2016 and taught conducting and directed bands at the University of Salford from 2015 – 2019. Tom is currently Professional Conductor to Tokyo City Concert Brass in Japan.
Tom currently serves as Director of Bands / Associate Professor of Music at Benedictine College, Kansas, USA. Tom is a respected adjudicator in the band world having presided over the elite level national band championships of Great Britain, Switzerland, and New Zealand, the U.S. Open Championship, Whit Friday marches, as well as the Yorkshire, West of England, and Scotland Regional Championships.
As a composer Tom’s music is commissioned and played wherever bands are in the world by artists including the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, ‘The President’s Own’ United States Marine Band, Brass Band of Battle Creek, and soloists Jens Lindemann, Hiram Diaz, and Glenn Van Looy. Highlights include performances at the American Bandmasters Association Convention, Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, CBDNA National and Regional Conferences, WASBE, World Music Contest Kerkrade, Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the national band championships of many nations. In 2019 Tom, a proud Welshman, was delighted to become composer in residence with the Band of the Welsh Guards, of the Household Division of the Royal Corps of Army Music.