Tom Flaherty

Biography

Tom Flaherty has received grants, prizes, awards, and residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Music Center, the Pasadena Arts Council, the Massachusetts Council for the Arts and Humanities, the Delius Society, the University of Southern California, "Meet the Composer", and Yaddo. Published by Margun Music, Inc. and American Composers Editions, his music has been performed throughout Europe and North America, and is recorded on the Klavier, Bridge, SEAMUS, Capstone, and Advance labels. He earned degrees at Brandeis University, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and the University of Southern California; his primary teachers in composition include Martin Boykan, Bülent Arel, Robert Linn, and Frederick Lesemann. A founding member of the Almont Ensemble, he currently holds the John P. and Magdalena R. Dexter Professorship in Music and is Director of the Electronic Studio at Pomona College. He is an active cellist in the Los Angeles area.

ACE Publications

104 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Tom Flaherty DUO vln, vcl
Tom Flaherty ELEGIE cl,pf
Tom Flaherty FANFARE 2 Trumpets
Tom Flaherty Fanfares Organ
Tom Flaherty Five Chorale Preludes (JS Bach) for cello quartet, Arr. Four Cellos
Tom Flaherty GLEEFUL VARIANTS
piano
Tom Flaherty IGOR TO PLEASE - version for 6 players 6 players: Two pianos 4-hands; two toy pianos, and electronic playback
Tom Flaherty Invention Extension Piano (Or Other Keyboard Instrument)
Tom Flaherty Lamp Unto Thy Tweet soprano, bass (voice), mandola, viola, cello, and piano
Tom Flaherty Looking for Answers Piano Trio and Fixed Media
Tom Flaherty LULLABY cl,pf
Tom Flaherty MANDOLIN SONGS Sop, mandolin
Tom Flaherty MIXED MESSAGES
vln, pf, electronics

Additional Works