Programs & Booking Info

(Fall/Winter Schedule 2026)

Solo & Duo Concerts

Bring a world of rhythm to your stage with internationally acclaimed percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Teasley. Explore Tom’s innovative programs — connecting audiences to cultures through tradition and a keen sense of modern interpretation.

  • This core solo performance program places instruments, rhythms, and musical ideas from around the world in conversation. Performance is combined with historical and cultural context, creating an experience that is both musically adventurous and accessible.

  • The Art of the Duo is built around Tom + Guest - an open and evolving series of collaborations between Tom Teasley and another creative voice. The guest may be a musician, but the concept is intentionally broader. Collaborations can also involve poetry, dance, visual and multimedia art, spoken word, and other disciplines.

  • A spacious and meditative concert experience built around the resonant sound of the handpan. Frame drums and other acoustic percussion expand the program’s tonal and rhythmic landscape.

  • An improvisation-led performance offering audiences insight into how music is created in the moment. You explore rhythm, sound, interaction, and spontaneous composition through an evolving collection of acoustic and electronic instruments.

Audiences, Venues & Duration
Schools and community arts programs: 45–60 min · Concerts and lecture-demonstrations: 60–75 min · Workshops and in-depth education: 90+ min. Suitable for universities, performing arts centers, cultural organizations, festivals, and museums, with expanded formats for residencies and multi-day programs.

Formats & Experience
Solo concerts, lecture-demonstrations, educational programs, workshops, and combined residencies. Global percussion, instrument demonstrations, improvisation, rhythmic exploration, storytelling, and cultural and historical context—with participation tailored to the audience. Technical and production needs vary by size and format.

Solo & Duo Performance

Bring a world of rhythm to your stage with internationally acclaimed percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Teasley. His solo concerts blend African, Indian, and Middle Eastern traditions with American jazz, improvisation, technology, and storytelling.

Explore Tom’s innovative programs — connecting audiences to cultures through tradition and a keen sense of modern interpretation.

» Drumming Through Cultures and Time

This core solo performance program places instruments, rhythms, and musical ideas from around the world in conversation. Performance is combined with historical and cultural context, creating an experience that is both musically adventurous and accessible.

» The Art of The Duo

The Art of the Duo is built around Tom + Guest - an open and evolving series of collaborations between Tom Teasley and another creative voice. The guest may be a musician, but the concept is intentionally broader. Collaborations can also involve poetry, dance, visual and multimedia art, spoken word, and other disciplines.

» Handpan Illuminations

A spacious and meditative concert experience built around the resonant sound of the handpan. Frame drums and other acoustic percussion expand the program’s tonal and rhythmic landscape.

» The Percussion Playground

An improvisation-led performance offering audiences insight into how music is created in the moment. You explore rhythm, sound, interaction, and spontaneous composition through an evolving collection of acoustic and electronic instruments.

  • Schools, universities, performing arts centers, cultural organizations, festivals, museums, community arts programs, and residency settings.

    • Live global percussion performance

    • Cultural and historical context

    • Instrument demonstrations
      Improvisation and rhythmic exploration

    • Audience engagement where appropriate

    • Optional workshop or educational component

    • 45–60 minutes for school and community programs

    • 60–75 minutes for concert or lecture-demonstration formats

    • 90 minutes or longer for workshops and deeper educational sessions

    • Expanded formats available for residencies and multi-day institutional programs

  • Available as a solo concert, lecture-demonstration, educational program, workshop, or residency combining multiple activities. Performance, storytelling, cultural context, and audience participation can be tailored to the venue and audience. Technical and production requirements vary by presentation size and format.

Latest Booking Breakdown | Sent Aug 17

3. WELLNESS & SOUND PRACTICE:

Immersive sound experiences supporting deep listening, reflection, movement, and a renewed connection between rhythm, body, and attention.

  • BioRhythms | Live Sound Journey - A live journey through rhythm, resonance, and changing sonic environments. Percussion, handpan, electronics, and acoustic textures create an experience designed for focused listening and personal reflection.

  • Sound Meditation & Listening Sessions - Guided experiences that use sound and attentive listening as pathways toward stillness, awareness, and connection. Programs can be adapted for wellness spaces, retreats, educational environments, and community settings.

  • Yoga & Movement Integration - Live percussion and sound created in collaboration with yoga teachers and movement practitioners. The music responds to the pace, energy, and progression of each session, supporting an experience in which sound and movement develop together.

4. SOUNDS YOU CAN SEE:

Multimedia performance projects exploring the relationship between live music, moving images, visual art, and improvisation.

  • Live Silent Film Scores - Original percussion-based scores performed live alongside silent film. You use acoustic instruments, electronics, and improvisation to create a vivid contemporary musical response to the imagery on screen.

  • Video Art and Dada Rediscovered - Live performances developed in dialogue with experimental film, video art, and archival imagery. These projects bring sound and image together as an integrated artistic experience rather than treating the music as simple accompaniment.

5. LECTURES, LEARNING & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:

Performances, talks, and participatory programs for universities, conservatories, schools, cultural organizations, professional musicians, and community audiences.

  • Drumming Through Cultures and Time - A performance-based exploration of how percussion instruments, rhythms, and musical ideas have traveled across cultures and historical periods.

  • Music as Diplomacy - A lecture and performance program examining music as a means of cultural exchange, communication, and human connection.

  • An American Approach to World Percussion - You explore how an American percussionist can engage meaningfully with instruments and traditions from around the world while developing an individual contemporary artistic voice.

  • Rhythmic Training for All Musicians - Practical rhythmic training designed for instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, and educators, not only percussionists. The program develops rhythmic confidence, listening, coordination, musical responsiveness, and creative fluency.

  • Clinics, Masterclasses & Residencies - Custom-designed learning experiences combining performance, demonstration, discussion, and hands-on musical development. Formats can range from a focused clinic or masterclass to a multi-day institutional residency.

  • School Assemblies & Family Concerts - Engaging performances introducing younger and multigenerational audiences to rhythm, percussion, improvisation, and instruments from different parts of the world. Programs can be adapted to the audience, setting, and educational goals.