Rowan Tidball was raised in Cornwall where his musical upbringing was rooted in traditional folk music. He began playing the clarinet at seven and quickly found a passion for jazz with his teacher Simon Gilby, who taught him to improvise and introduced him to his first jazz band. Outside of these early influences, Rowan’s first introduction to music came through a deep love of the score in the Lord of the Rings trilogy which in fact inspired Rowan’s choice to take up the clarinet.

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