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World traveler, musician, songwriter & performer (and sometimes elf) |
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Background Equal parts Tom Waits, Weird Al and Chopin, Tom is one of the most unique performers to come out of Central Pennsylvania. Originally from Danville, Tom is currently living and working in Spain. His mom has offered to help me fill in the gaps on this page, so check back for updates. 
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 A poster from one of Tom's performances in Japan. |
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Instruments Voice, Piano, Guitar, Uke, Sax, Percussion, Tamboura, Toy Piano, Various clanky percussion such as the qarkabeb (Moroccan iron castanets of the Gnawa people).  |
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 Tom's hand-made uke was presented to him by his students in Japan. |
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Teaching Tom is a vocal teacher in the style of his guru, Pt. S. G. Devasthali. Using a tamboura, the natural harmonic series is demonstrated for the student to use as a guide. Tom also teaches music theory and other instruments. Contact him for more info. |
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Performing Tom currently performs in a variety of genres. Classical piano, multi-lingual songs, original humorist material, as will as Hindustani folk song (with Bloomsburg to Bangladesh). Tom's performances are posted on the Bloomsburg /Danville area event calendar. In his humorist set, Tom usually performs a combination of original and novelty material, with covers ranging from Weird Al, They Might Be Giants and other Dr. Demento favorites. Like the artists he covers, Tom writes serious pieces as well, and he can even be heard doing some fairly complex classical piano and fingerstyle arrangments. |
 Tom's performances are always memorable. Part music, part theatre, you never know what Tom might do. To illustrate, take a look at the pictures from his 2001 Phillip's Emporium performace in Bloomsburg, PA. |
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 Tom with Jeremy dePrisco (L) and Bulu Rahman (C) at Magnolia Restaurant in Bloomsburg, PA |
 Tom with Jeremy dePrisco (L) and Bulu Rahman (R) at Sakuntala Indian Restaurant in Bloomsburg, PA Learn more about this project |
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| Three Blind Mice |
 Tom at his parent's house in Danville where the piano songs above were recorded. |
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| Doctor Sen | |||||||
| Turtles in the Oven | |||||||
| Canon in D Majorly | |||||||
| Dueling Dictionaries | |||||||
| The Monsoon Song | |||||||
| CK2 | |||||||
| Evening | |||||||
| Living Room | |||||||
| Rhaine | |||||||
| Miss Abeyama | |||||||
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Traveling India, Japan, Morocco, Belgium, Spain... Tom gets around. Pictures and other items coming soon. |
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 Tom at Magnolia Restaurant, Bloomsburg |
Phone: 570.275.4039 Carrier pigeon and smoke signals also accepted. Tom's mom: Idita Dennehy, has gracefully supplied her email address for inquiries while Tom is on the road.  |
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