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CURRENTLY TEACHING AT
The Music Centre, Exton, Pennsylvania
The Wilmington Music School, Delaware
Welcome to my teaching page. Please
look over my ESSAYS
and  my
BIOGRAPHY to
see if my approach to the teaching
of musical composition interests
you. If so, I would be delighted
to work with you either in person
or through a long-distance arrangement.
- No long term commitment is required; I prefer one appointment
at a time.
- All fees are customized and negotiable.
- To set up the first consultation, please contact
me!
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to send me an e-mail;
- Call me at (610) 384-2080; or
- Write me at 2573 Clothier Street, Coatesville, PA 19320.
IN-PERSON CONSULTATION
My studio is west of Philadelphia and north of Wilmington,
Delaware, in Coastesville, Pennsylvania. If that location is
not convenient, I suggest we try to work long distance.
LONG-DISTANCE CONSULTATION
- After contacting me by letter, phone or e-mail, you may
send me your scores (via e-mail attachment or regular mail)
and/or your audio CDs or tapes.
- We begin by deciding upon a procedure for our collaboration,
typically by telephone or e-mail, and then we negotiate the
fee.
- Upon receipt of that fee, we proceed with the consultation.
LETTER TO A INQUIRING COMPOSER
Dear Friend and Colleague,
. . . . As you know from our correspondence,
my greatest ambition is to influence and help individuals achieve
their highest artistic aspirations and that my services are
customized and my fee negotiable.
. . . . While I continue to pursue
my own artistic goals as a composer, a jazz musician, and a
writer, my principal ambition is teaching and my website has
been fashioned to attract gifted individuals like you.
. . . . You
know that there is no special school-of-thought
based on my own music. I believe
in
Music
As A Free Art
and my Essays detail
this notion very thoroughly.
. . . . My intention with my students
is to enhance the actualization of their vision by expanding
their contact with resources based on my perception of the original
factors already discernible in their work.
. . . . I fully expect that those
who consult with me will surpass me in every way possible, to
my honor. Nor am I bothered if their fame or financial success
exceeds my own. My focus is entirely upon making a good contribution
to the art form of music not the promotion of myself. I have
a great reverence for the art form that I have given so many
years of my life to learn. I also cling to the notion of the
nobility and the dignity of work in general.
. . . . Your attractive and intriguing
music tells me that you too respect and love the art form of
the composer and that your view is not narrowly limited to only
music but is informed by other art forms and disciplines as
well. I look forward to working with you.
. . . . Yours truly,
. . . . Ron Thomas
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