Theon Cross

Theon Cross is a British tuba player and composer. Life and career Born and raised in London, England, to a Jamaican father and Saint Lucian mother, he began taking tenor horn lessons at the age of eight, then switched to tuba when he was in his mid-teens, discovering jazz through the Tomorrow's Warriors music education programme. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Cross is a core member of the jazz band Sons of Kemet. He has also worked with Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia in his solo projects.