Tenor Thomas Hobbs is a significant figure on the English early music scene, frequently performing in both operatic productions and choral music. He is especially often heard in the music of Handel and Bach.
Hobbs is a native of Exeter, England, where he began taking trumpet lessons as a youth. At 16, he took up singing, joining the Exeter Cathedral Choir and studying voice with Brian Northcott. Hobbs attended King's College in London, studying history but also taking voice lessons with tenor Ian Partridge. He went on to the Royal College of Music, where he studied with Neil ...