Thomas Allen holds a Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Music and Music Education at Columbia University's Teachers College. He completed a one-year Professional Certificate Program in Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique at Salem College and studied orchestral conducting under Toshiyuki Shimada, principal conductor of the Yale Symphony Orchestra.

 

Thomas has played in a variety of venues, including performances at the Yale University MacMillan Center European Studies Council Reception; the Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Reception; with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra; and solo recitals in Indiana University Recital Hall, University of New Mexico Keller Hall, Salem College Shirley Recital Hall, Guilford College Dana Auditorium, and other concert halls. He played for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Wellness Symposium presentation in New York City. Thomas performs many genres of music, including all periods of classical music, musical theater, pop, jazz, and liturgical. He also performed in the Harvard-Yale 2016 Football Pep Rally for the Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

 

Thomas teaches private lessons in Hoboken, NJ, and New York City. Previously, he taught at the Neighborhood Music School, the New Haven Academy of Performing Arts, and the Performing Arts Academy of Connecticut. Thomas has participated as a judge in several competitions and events, including the New London Piano Festival and the Hartford Music Teachers Alliance Festival, and he is a strong advocate and teacher of injury-preventive keyboard technique (certified by NASM-accredited Salem College). Since 2008, he has taught piano to all ages and levels in North Carolina, New Mexico, Indiana, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

 

Thomas studied with world-renowned pianists such as Barbara Lister-Sink, Shigeo Neriki, Falko Steinbach, Evelyne Brancart, and Luba Dubinsky, and is highly trained in piano performance, music theory, conducting, choir, aural skills, and accompaniment (ballet, choral, instrumental, and vocal). He has won competitions and received prestigious scholarships, including: Eastern Music Festival Scholarship; Brevard Summer Music Festival Scholarship; University of Florida Young Artists Festival Scholarship; Jacobs School of Music Kenda Webb Friends of Music Scholarship; Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Concerto Competition Winner; PMTNM Statewide Competition Winner.

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For more information, please see Thomas's page on LinkedIn.