THOMAS PALANCE

Artistic Director

Thomas is the founder and Artistic Director of The Orchestra on The Hill. He is an Assistant Professor at The Berklee College of Music and a Yamaha Artist. He has previously taught at The Boston Conservatory, Salem State University and The University of New Hampshire. Tom has been a professional versatile trumpet player and conductor for over forty years. Tom served twenty years in the Navy’s premiere band in Washington DC performing at The White House, The Kennedy Center and twenty-two national tours, and has performed for five US presidents as well as other world-wide dignitaries.  Tom has been on numerous studio recordings including four of his own releases. As an artistic leader he brought a variety of collaborations to the Boston area such as “Tiento Batu” at Salem State University, “Synergy” at Windover Estate and two “Images” concerts with The Orchestra on The Hill working with dancers, poets, visual artists, and animators. Tom is currently writing music using the vibrations of amino acids as an approach for higher artistic expression recently premiering two of those works, “Greetings from The Once Hidden”, and “Asah Mitera”.