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 STEPS AND LEAPS guitar, electronics
Tom Flaherty Tetralogue 2 string trios and 2 pianos
Tom Flaherty Three Pieces for Clarinet clarinet
Tom Flaherty Time's Up 2 pianos six-hands, 4 percussion
Tom Flaherty Timeflies Guitar, Cello
Tom Flaherty TITANIC DESCENT
Fixed media audio recording, audience participation with flashlights
Tom Flaherty Triphoria Violin, Viola, and Cello
Tom Flaherty TWO LADIES OF VERONA 2 cellos
Tom Flaherty VARIATIONS pf
Tom Flaherty WAGON-WHEELING Duo for piano and percussionist
piano, percussion (1)

Additional Works