{"id":2202,"date":"2023-08-15T22:20:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2023-08-18T23:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T03:35:37","slug":"about-tom-cleary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary\/2023\/08\/15\/about-tom-cleary\/","title":{"rendered":"about Tom Cleary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tom Cleary studied jazz performance at Hampshire College, where his teachers included Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp, and music education and classical piano performance at the University of Vermont, where his teachers included Sylvia Parker and Elizabeth Metcalfe.\u00a0 As a pianist and keyboardist he has had extended collaborations with artists including Phish bassist Mike Gordon (with whom he did a number of tours between 2008 and 2014; click here to see a performance by this band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon<\/a>), James Harvey, Ray Vega, Patricia Julien, and Jamie Masefield.\u00a0 His collaboration with his wife, vocalist and composer Amber deLaurentis, in the jazz quartet Birdcode can be heard on the album You Are Here<\/a><\/em> <\/em>which was released in 2019 and features a number of his original tunes.\u00a0 He has also played on jazz recordings including Siempre Salsa <\/em>and Salsa Nortena <\/em>by Rick Davies and Jazzismo, Cerulean <\/em><\/a>by harmonicist John LaRouche, and Burmese Panther<\/em><\/a> <\/em>by guitarist\/composer Paul Asbell.\u00a0 His work as an arranger and co-writer can be heard on deLaurentis’ solo albums Innocent Road<\/em> <\/a>and Hey Sadie.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 He has played on recent releases including Now And Then<\/a> <\/em>by saxophonist and flutist Marty Fogel and the eponymous album by <\/a>Saturn People’s Sound Collective<\/a>, led by Brian Boyes.\u00a0 He has accompanied artists including Clark Terry, Lester Bowie, Fontella Bass, Ernie Watts, Chris Vidala, Pete Yellin, Max Weinberg, Judi Silvano, Joe Lovano, Joan Rivers and Steve Earle.\u00a0 As a composer, his work has been commissioned and recorded by groups including Social Band, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Saint Michael’s College Fine Arts Department. \u00a0The musical Mill Girls, <\/em>a collaboration with director\/playwright Peter Harrigan for which he composed and compiled the score, was first performed in 2017 at Saint Michael’s College and was recently revived in an online production now available on YouTube<\/a>.\u00a0 He teaches in the jazz studies program of the UVM Music Department, the Flynn Arts jazz program and his home studio; please visit https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bird-code<\/a> and blog.uvm.edu\/tgcleary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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