Tom was taught horn by William Berriman at the age of seven and joined the St. Ives band at eleven. St. Ives was a large corps and every Sunday evening after the meeting the band would march along the promenade with at least 3000 visitors joining them in a hymn sing.

Tom worked as a qualified builder and in 1972 left St. Ives by ship via South Africa to settle in Brisbane, Australia. He played horn in the Corina band and while at that corps was asked to learn the trombone. He later transferred to the Brisbane Temple corps becoming a member of that band until he came to Canada.

Many people know that Tom’s passion is music. What was our first clue? In Brisbane he joined a society which eventually became 4MBS-FM where he presented a number of classical broadcasts each week.

Tom introduced a brass band program which was presented by a fellow Temple bandsman Maurice Bull. Bull continued that program for about 30 years before he also moved out of Brisbane.

In 1985 while traveling through Canada on his way to St. Ives for Christmas he met up again with Betty Ann and shortly after immigrating to Canada they married and have been living in Kitchener ever since. Tom and Betty Ann are members of the Hespeler Salvation Army corps.

Tom played in The Yorkminster(Toronto) band while Stuart Cornie was the bandmaster. Both Tom and Stuart were living in Kitchener and he claims that the drive back and forth with Stuart was quite an interesting and enjoyable experience.
Until recently Tom worked at four retirement/nursing homes. A lady at one of the homes was talking to him and said that they never sing the old hymns in her church so he told her if she got a little group together he could form a small brass group and they could all enjoy an evening of old gospel hymns. The group was named ‘Gospel Brass’ and they are now in their 11th year of going to St. Luke’s Place and other area homes. Gospel Brass does other events including the famous Kris Kringle market in Kitchener.

In December of ’99 Tom started a tw hour classical program which airs ever Monday night on 98.5FM (www.ckwr.com).

In the year 2000 Tom approached his corps officer, Major Sterling Snelgrove about a Salvation Army broadcast. Tom, Snelgrove and Major George Patterson soon launched a one half hour broadcast called “Let there be Praise”. This popular program aired every Sunday night for eight years.
Tom reminds us that God works in mysterious ways and though he never planned it, there is now a two hour Salvation Army broadcast on the last Monday of every month sponsored by Corps, Bands, Family Services and private donors (in memory of loved ones or in celebration of a special event).

Steef Klepke and Pieter can Horssen in Holland contacted Tom to ask if they could help in any way, as they wanted to be a part of this ministry.

Steef gave him a website (www.salvos.com/tomquick/) and manages the site. Pieter records the broadcasts each month and puts them on the Amsterdam West website making it a world-wide ministry. This is thanks to their interest as well as that of John Banister (www.salvos.com) in Australia.

Tom also prepares and presents a 2 hour program on Faith FM 94.3 (www.faithfm.org). This is titled “Music for the soul”. This is a varied program which includes Salvation Army music.

Tom’s parent still live in St. Ives, living in their own little ‘flat’ overlooking the ocean. They have just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Tom has a sister Loraine and a brother Brian living close to St. Ives. Betty Ann has a brother Gord Wombwell. Her mom, dad and aunt were Promoted to Glory in the last few years and are missed very much. Tom says he was ‘privileged to know them’.

Now that Tom has retired he is enjoying his gardening, preparing the radio broadcasts and traveling back to St. Ives, when time permits, to visit with family and to take little side trips. Of course he still enjoys playing his trombone, given to him by his father-in-law NormWombwell. Needless to say, Jubilee Brass is glad to have him.