I first knew Tim when I entered Gloucester cathedral choir as a fellow probationer. This introduction to the world of musical performance stood us both in good stead over the years. We left the choir at about the same time and through the encouragement of  Dr John Sanders and Richard Latham, we developed our talents as singers, instrumentalists and took A level music as a springboard to our degree studies. Meanwhile I remember as if it was yesterday, the fun we enjoyed as teenagers at the Glos county council summer camps at Cowley Manor and the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester! Back at King's School Tim was appointed Head Boy, proving the best of ambassadors as he ruled his fellow students not through fear but reason and respect. 

Both of us were destined to study in London but in different institutions. As it happened we randomly bumped into each other in the West End on my first day in the metropolis! Throughout this time we maintained our contacts with Gloucestershire through Cheltenham Young People's Orchestra and the The Three Choirs Festival where Tim had become established since his school days as stage manager, a role he executed with great skill and occasional diplomacy over three decades. I recall on one occasion that a composer of  a new work had failed to deliver the orchestral parts of last part of his composition. Tim and I (as driver) were dispatched to collect the vital material from the train at Gloucester station on the day before the performance!

In addition to maintaining our membership of GCOCA of which Tim has been its most recent Chair, we have occasionally performed along with David Morris  as fellow basses in the Bridgeman singers, a choir that subs for cathedral choirs around the country. Even more recently we shared quiz sessions on Zoom during lockdown.

It is with great sadness that I hear of Tim's passing. His organisational skills, love of humanity, teaching abilities and fine musicianship have brought joy and encouragement to the communities wherever he has worked and he will be much missed.

RIP

Roger Foreman