The Thomas Music Studio is based in Central New Jersey and offers comprehensive individualized instruction for students of all ages and levels in piano, music technology, theory, composition, eartraining, and/or history. Weekly hour-long, forty-five minute, and half-hour lessons are available.
Qualifications
Robert E. Thomas holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory and Composition from Rutgers University. His principal teachers include Ford Hill (piano and piano pedagogy), Jeffrey Gilliam (piano), Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Wuorinen (composition), and Lukas Foss (composition). In addition to teaching private students, he has taught piano, music technology, theory, composition, eartraining, and history courses at several colleges and universities around New Jersey.
Dr. Thomas is also the Music Director at Christ Presbyterian Church in Martinsville and has worked as a church music director for ten years.
About Robert Thomas
I was born into a relatively musical family (my father was a church organist and all my siblings took music lessons) in a small logging community in western Washington state. As a child, I often "improvised" on the family piano. My parents took the hint, and gave me piano lessons for my eighth birthday present. I studied piano through elementary and high school, winning several awards including twice representing the local chapter of the Music Teachers National Association at state conventions. I continued taking lessons into college, and graduated from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition. I continued music studies in Boston; aſter earning a Master of Music degree in Composition from Boston University, I moved to New Jersey to complete my education and have never leſt.
For further information, please call 732/650-1471 or email lessons@retmusic.com.