Tom Goodman

Double Bass

Member since 2001, Professor at the Royal Academy of Music

‘I started the bass with Haringey music service aged eleven and moved to the Royal College of Music Junior Department when I was twelve to study cello and bass. I’d always wanted to join the LSO having been a crazy Star Wars fan as a child.’

Tom Goodman studied at the Royal Northern College of Music where he was the recipient of numerous awards. Shortly after graduating he joined the LSO in 2001. Tom is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and is highly sought after as a teacher. He helped to establish the Bass Department at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music and also taught at Chetham’s School of Music.

Chamber music is also a huge passion and most recently Tom played with the Nash Ensemble live on BBC Radio 3 at the Wigmore Hall and also with London Sinfonietta. During 2011, Tom briefly accepted Section Principal Double Bass with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and regularly enjoys being invited to play Guest Principal Bass with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, Aurora and John Wilson.