Tom Poulson
Educator, Performer (individual), Project management/Production
Member of: Stockholm Chamber Brass, Worldbrass, KammarensembleN
Professional skills Arranging, Producer, Performance coaching
Description
Tom Poulson (trumpet) has performed across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. He is a member of Stockholm Chamber Brass, WorldBrass and KammarensembleN and a prize winner at various international competitions, including the Aeolus International Music Competition for Wind Instruments in Düsseldorf and Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe competition. As a concerto soloist he has appeared with the Royal Stockholm and Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestras, Düsseldorf and Nürnberger Symphonikers and was the soloist in a private concert for Princess Anne in Mauritius.
Tom is the Co-Principal Trumpet of the Västerås Sinfonietta and has appeared as guest principal trumpet with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He has been a member of the Lucerne Festival Academy, performing under the baton of Pierre Boulez, and worked as an onstage musician with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Tom’s passion for new music has seen him give dozens of premieres of works by composers such as Francisco Coll, Cathy Milliken, Mike Svoboda, Oliver Searle, Alasdair Nicolson, Alistair MacDonald and Tim Cooper. He regularly appears as a guest of contemporary music groups including the Ensemble Modern (Germany), Klangforum Wien (Austria) and Aarhus Sinfonietta (Denmark).
He regularly gives masterclasses on trumpet performance and chamber music at some of the leading conservatoires in Europe and the USA and is a Trumpet and Brass section coach of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland.
“I couldn't get the smile off my face during Oliver Searle's trumpet Sequenza... Tom Poulson's performance was staggering.”
Michael Tumelty – The Herald http://tompoulson.com/
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Upcoming events
- 22 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)] - 28 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3] - 29 Oct 2026, 19:30
[BBC SSO: Enrico Chapela's 'Antiphaser' (Concerto for electric violin and orchestera)] - 30 Oct 2026, 18:00
[James Weeks: weatherworld quartets (soundfestival 2026)] - 31 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Mimi Doulton (soprano): No Man is an Island (soundfestival 2026)]
Recent updates
Works
- Ransacking, by Tom Macfadyen
- Les Mélodies Nutritives, by Julien Lonchamp
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
Events
- Late Night soundsession: Tom Macfadyen
- Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3
- Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Red Note Factory Weekend – 17 & 18 October 2026
- Noisy Nights – Call for Scores
- Nordic Music Days 2027: Call for Works
