[2] He then went on to study double bass with John Walton and composition with Dr Frederick T Durrant and Paul Patterson at the Royal Academy of Music.
He toured extensively with the orchestra, appearing at major festivals and playing under conductors such as Leopold Stokowski, Rudolf Kempe, Karl Böhm, Bernard Haitink and Georg Solti.
[3] He first achieved recognition as a composer in 1975 when his overture Tombstone, Arizona was performed at the Royal Albert Hall during the National Brass Band Festival.
[2] He also composed fanfares to open the National Assembly of Wales (now the Senedd) in Cardiff, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida,[3] the 150th anniversary of Cunard (performed on the QE2), the launch of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, the commencement of the RPO's residency in Nottingham, and to mark Yehudi Menuhin's 80th birthday.
[2] Wood wrote Concertos for Trumpet (for James Watson) and Tuba (for John Fletcher) and a Concertino for E♭ horn as well as a number of solos, some of which are included in the syllabus of the Associated Board and Trinity College of Music.