Adjudicator & AoBBA Member

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. He served as conductor of the National Youth Brass Band of Wales in 2016 and taught at the University of Salford from 2015 - 2019. Tom is currently Professional Conductor to Tokyo City Concert Brass in Japan. In the wind band world Tom currently serves as Director of Bands / Assistant Professor of Music at Benedictine College, Kansas, USA. As a guest conductor he has appeared with collegiate and honor bands across the USA, as well as bands in Austria, Canada, Japan, Lithuania, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, and South Korea. 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 and Scotland Regional Championships.