Faculty

Thomas Meany is a graduate of the University of the Arts, where he studied with Adeline Tomasone and Loren Lind, later studying with Harold Bennett in New York City. Tom recently completed his Master of Music at Rowan University. He has performed at the Aspen Music Festival, Summertrio Chamber Music Festival and the Puccini Opera Orchestra in Italy. Thomas has played master classes with leading flautist such as the late Murray Panitz, Chicago Symphony’s Donald Peck, Samuel Baron at New York University and Toshio Takahashi at the East Tennessee Suzuki Flute Institute. In addition to performing regularly with guitarist Michael Simmons and the Philadelphia Flute Quartet, Mr. Meany has performed in recital for the Matinee Music Club, the Philadelphia Cultural Council, the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia, the Department of Recreation, Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT), Concerts on the Square at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square, the New York Flute Club, the Saint William Sunday Concerts, Music at Abington and the Juilliard School. He has played flute for the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Orchestra Society, and the Lansdowne Symphony. Tom has been featured in live local broadcasts for WRTI, WXPN, GTownRadio and WWFM radio. Mr. Meany is a Certified Suzuki Instructor winning three consecutive scholarships from the Suzuki Association of the Americas. In addition to the Settlement Music School Tom also teaches at Our Lady of Good Counsel School. He is a founding member of the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia. Tom plays a Brannen-Cooper Flute.

Q: What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

A: Jogging, baking 

Education: University of the Arts, BM; Rowan University, MM

Specialties: Chamber Music, Flute, Suzuki

Divisions: Music