Originally hailing from Albany, Tom moved up to Perth to attend university in 2017, first to study Communications & Media and Commerce before realising music was the direction he wanted to take and went on to complete a Diploma of Music at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Tom has had 15 years of drum and percussion tuition himself with the likes of local drumming legends Danny Caddy and Ethan Darnell, was a silver-medalist at an International Music Competition held in Sydney in 2015 and was awarded Top music student at high school the same year. Currently Tom plays in local bands Star Arcana and Red Moon Cowboy and is a session drummer with the likes of Sixth Avenue, LATE 90s and Pretty Uglys. Tom also has a background in theatre with Southern Edge Arts and the WA Youth Theatre Company. Tom joined the team in May 2024 and is incredibly passionate about teaching drums and mentoring the next generation of musicians coming up through the ranks at Rock Scholars.

Instruments: drums

Tom is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of local band Koi Pond. He grew up in the country and moved to the city a few years ago to pursue his music. Tom is a multi-instrumentalist who has been playing in bands since his early high school days. He has played in many bands in our local music scene since arriving in Perth. Prior to joining the Rock Scholars team mid-2023, Tom previously mentored young bands at a local high school. Tom loves working with young musicians in continuing to develop their craft and musicianship working in a band setting.

Instruments: guitar, bass guitar, drums

Ali joined the team in 2019 to help look after all things front of house and day to day, and very quickly became an integral part of the Rock Scholars team to both staff and students alike. Ali has forever been an avid music lover, live gig goer and is Kylie Minogue’s number one fan.

Instrument: tambourine

As a former Rock Scholars student, Josh has a passion for everything we do and loves sharing his considerable knowledge and technical expertise with a new generation of young musicians.

Josh draws influence from drummers such as Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers and Art Blakey, all of whose work he studies as a part of his bachelors degree in Contemporary Music at WAAPA.
Josh currently plays in numerous Perth bands including Supathick and has recently been supporting emerging WA singer-songwriter Julia Wallace.

Instruments: drums, bass guitar, guitar