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Thomas Thoreau is a composer caught in a healthy balance of film/game scores, jazz, and concert works. Occasionally, he manages to find time to perform, arrange, orchestrate, and conduct as well. Originally hailing from Kansas City, MO, he relocated to New Orleans to pursue his BM in Music Composition from Loyola University New Orleans. His original symphonic work “Destino de ida y vuelta” won the 2016 Loyola Composer Competition, and was premiered by the Loyola Symphony Orchestra in April of 2016.

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After several years of freelance compositional work, including composing the score to "Miles", a short which won the CO International Film Fest (2018) and Roma Cinema DOC (2017) for Best Student Film, he moved to Seattle to pursue graduate studies at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program at the Seattle Film Institute, where he obtained his Masters in Music in Film Scoring in 2024.

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Thomas Thoreau is a composer caught in a healthy balance of film/game scores, jazz, and concert works. Occasionally, he manages to find time to perform, arrange, orchestrate, and conduct as well.

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EDUCATION

Bachelors in Music Composition

Loyola University New Orleans

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HONORS

• 2015-2016 Loyola University

   Student Composer Competition

• 2015 Outstanding Music Theory Student, Loyola University

• 2016 Outstanding Music Composition Student, Loyola University

ORIGIN OF NAMES

Thomas is the Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma'), meaning "twin".

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Thoreau is the French form of the Swedish Thorald, taken from the Old Norse Þóraldr, meaning "Follower of Thor."