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"... a musical meal fit for a king."
Richard Fuller, Metaphysical Reviews
Tom brings a special blend of styles to his music, from jazz to rock,
popular, folk, blues & classical. Tom's warm tone lends a beautiful
timbre to every performance. His warm, yet hard-driving flute sound has
been heard in many of the 50 states & in Canada, in cities such as New
York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Quebec City, Tulsa & many others.
He free-lances in many venu es as a solo artist, musician & educator.
Tom lends his talents to MuZette,
Susquehanna,
Wyndfall &
The
Reese Project. An award-winning composer, Tom's compositions are known
for their beautiful melodies, innovative instrumentation & modern
harmonies. Susquehanna’s
2001 CD, "Conversations," featuring many of Tom’s
compositions, earned an award for Best Instrumental Album in the Just
Plain Folks 2002 Awards. He composed all of the pieces on
The
Reese Project’s jazz CD "Blue Etude," which placed in the
top 20 of the 2002 Grammies. He is a composer with The Commission Project
in Rochester, NY. He has just finished a film score for director Brett
Walker, & is currently at work on his seventh film score.
 Tom Reese is a composer who
plays the flute. Or is he a flutist that is also a composer? Called "multi-lingual," his
versatility knows no bounds. His compositions are hits on
international radio stations, being commissioned and performed all over
the world. He leads composition and jazz improvisation
workshops. He debuted some of his award-winning jazz compositions
from the Grammy-nominated jazz CD, "Blue Etude," in Nashville on
Music Row.
Global Wind
Instruments:
In
addition to the soprano flute, Tom plays the Irish pennywhistle, recorder, Chinese
shakuhachi, bamboo flutes, Peruvian pan pipes, fife, antique
ocarinas, and the Native American Lakota flute. He demonstrates each
of these instruments in an educational program called "Music
Makes the World Go Round."
Radio
Interviews:
Tom's love of radio and
fortunate meetings with radio-friendly people led to several interviews on WITF-FM (Harrisburg): "Dancing Through My
Mind" by Fritz Williams & "Desert Island Discs" with
Ellen Hughes.
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 "Dancing Through My
Mind," a lyric from Tom's composition, "Key to Your Heart,"
was chosen by Fritz Williams as the title of his interview with Tom.
This hour-long program aired in July 2001 & highlights a colorful
spectrum of Tom's musical projects. Fritz calls Tom a
"multi-lingual composer," referring to the diverse nature of
Tom's work. Incorporating elements of jazz, Celtic/traditional folk,
rock and classical music in his works, Tom hands us a refreshing, intimate
"aural peek" into the possibilities of music.
- On "Desert Island
Discs," Ellen Hughes inquires what music would the interviewee take
with them if, circumstances allowing, they were trapped on a desert island
with only 10 of their favorite albums.
Tom is an innovator in the
educational and performance fields. He is a gifted,
if somewhat unorthodox, educator. He is a Rostered Artist with the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), through Galaxy, the Arts in
Education Program of CIU 10. He is Music Director for the
Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, PA, giving musical direction to
Summerstage for Youth & the YouthTheatre programs each summer.
He teaches composition workshops at the Strand-Capitol Theater in York,
PA and in school workshops sponsored by The Commission Project (Rochester,
NY). He is on the faculty of Chase Academy for home-schooled
children.
Tom is the originator of the
Ocarina Building Workshop & My
Ocarina, a make-at-home ocarina
building kit. Tom has helped children design & build their own
playable ocarinas since 1987.
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