Tom Lopez

Thomas Handman Lopez
Born Austin, Texas
Occupation Musical composer
Years active 1997-Present

Tom Lopez, born Thomas Handman Lopez, is an award-winning American composer of electronic music. He serves as Director of the Computer Music Program at The Walden School. Lopez is best known for his extensive history with the TIMARA Labs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.[1]

Lopez has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Betty Freeman Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Disney Foundation, Meet the Composer, ASCAP and a Fulbright Fellowship as composer-in-residence at CIRM (Centre International de Recherche Musical). He has appeared at festivals and conferences around the world as a guest lecturer and composer. He serves on the board of directors of the Living Music Foundation and SEAMUS.[2]

Tom Lopez currently teaches at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and serves as chair of TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts), a program established in 1967. TIMARA was the first-ever electronic music program at a music conservatory.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Lopez Bio".
  2. ↑ "Tom Lopez, About". Society of Composers.
  3. ↑ Zilber, Ben. "TIMARA: Technology in Music and the Related Arts". Oberlin Conservatory. Retrieved 22 February 2014.


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