Latest Award Concerto for Euphonium and Band has been named winner of the American Bandmasters Association Sousa - ABA - Ostwald Composition Award for 2025. Sincere congratulations to fellow finalist composers Erika Svanoe, Satoshi Yagisawa, and Thiemo Kraas.
This is the second major recognition awarded to Tom's music for winds, with A Midwestern Suite winning the National Band Association Merrill-Jones Composition Award in 2022.
New for 2025 Western Suite - Grade 3 in three movements, celebrating the scenery of Gunnison in Colorado, commissioned by Western Colorado University.
Concerto for Euphonium and Band - Grade 5 soloist Grade 4 Band, in three movements, commissioned by Hiram Diaz of 'The President's Own' United States Marine Band, set work for the Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Competition.
A Song Without Words - Trumpet and Piano - Grade 4, commissioned by Dean McNeal of the Saskatoon Symphony, also available with string quartet, piano, bass, and drums.