About

Dom is much in demand as a classical saxophonist and music educator who enjoys a multi-dimensional career.

As an orchestral musician, Dom has toured, recorded and performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including live broadcast for BBC Radio 3 and perfoming at the ‘Last Night of the Proms’.

In 2019 Dom’s Debut Solo Album will be released with the Resonus Classics record label, featuring works written or inspired by women.

Since 2010 Dom has been the Alto Saxophonist in the award winning Forseti Saxophone quartet based in Cologne. In October 2011, the Forseti Quartet were awarded the Carl Pontén Prize in the 4th European Chamber Music Competition in Karlsruhe and regularly perform throughout Europe.

Dom is a passionate music educator having been the Saxophone Tutor for the National Youth Wind Ensemble, Deputy Saxophone Teacher at the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music as well as giving workshops across the UK including at Chetham’s School of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.  In March 2013 he began the role of Saxophone Tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire Junior Department, and in 2015 founded the Saxophone Programme on the Ingenium Academy International Summer School.

Having been at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester learning with Jim Muirhead, he went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Kyle Horch. During this time he was a winner of the Yamaha European Foundation Scholarship competition and the Jane Melber Saxophone Competition. After completing his undergraduate degree he moved to Cologne, Germany to further his studies at the Hochschule für Musik with Prof. Daniel Gauthier. Initially granted a DAAD Scholarship, he was further awarded a 'Leverhulme Study Abroad Scholarship' which allowed him to complete his Masters degree in the summer of 2012. Coincidentally he was also the first Erasmus exchange student to study at the Conservatoire de Musique in Lyon, where he spent 6 months studying with Jean-Denis Michat. 

On his return to the UK in 2012, Dom was awarded the 2nd Prize in the prestigious ‘Tunbridge Wells International Young Artist Competition.’

In 2017, Dom became a Trustee of the Hertfordshire Festival of Music and in 2018 accepted the role of Head of Woodwind & Brass at Bedford School.

teaching

Dom has a wealth of experience as a music educator with a number of pupils going on to study at music conservatoires across the UK. 

Regularly teaching privately, at Aldwickbury School in Harpenden and Birmingham Junior Conservatoire, he is also the Head of Saxophone at the Ingenium Academy, an international summer course held annually at Winchester College. Dom has given workshops at many of the UK’s leading institutions, including Trinity Conservatoire of Music & Dance, and Chetham’s School of Music and has also been the Saxophone Tutor for the National Youth Wind Ensemble.

Contact

Dom would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to discuss anything ranging from having a lesson, coaching a quartet to running a workshop. Please click on the E-Mail address or on the icon at the bottom of the page to get in touch.

domchilds@hotmail.com

links

Bedford School: https://www.bedfordschool.org.uk/

Chiaro: www.chiaro-audio.uk 

Simon Callaghan: www.simoncallaghan.com

Ingenium Academy: www.ingeniumacademy.com

National Youth Concert Band: https://www.nycb.co.uk/

Clarinet & Saxophone Society of Great Britain: 

www.cassgb.org

Hertfordshire Festival of Music: 

www.hertsmusicfest.org.uk

Resonus Classics: www.resonusclassics.com

D'Addario: www.woodwinds.daddario.com