Hailed by the Miami Herald “as a conductor of persuasive fluency and fiery conviction,” Thomas Sleeper enjoys an active dual career as composer and conductor. He began his professional career as a member of Fermata, a group of composer/performers who presented an annual series of interdisciplinary concerts throughout the state of Texas. At age 22, he was appointed Associate Conductor of the Dallas Civic Symphony and the SMU Chamber Orchestra and Opera Theatre.
An active guest conductor in the US and abroad, he has appeared with numerous orchestras including the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony, San Juan Symphony Orchestra, Ruse State Philharmonic and the China-Wuhan Symphony, which appointed him Artistic Advisor in 1993 and Principal Guest Conductor in 2002.

A strong advocate of new music, Sleeper has conducted the premieres of numerous works by American composers, including Henry Brant, Carlos Surinach, Robert Xavier Rodriguez and Thomas Ludwig. He has recorded on the Albany, Centaur, Cane, Irida and Vienna Modern Master labels, with excellent reviews in Fanfare, Gramophone and The American Record Guide.
Sleeper’s compositions have been performed throughout the US, and in Europe, Asia and South America. His most recent project is music for the documentary “One Water” which won two major awards from the Broadcast Education Association in 2004. “One Water” was recently screened at the United Nations for the opening of the 12th Commission on Sustainable Development.

Sleeper currently resides in Miami, Florida, where he is Director of Orchestral Activities and Conductor of the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theater and is Music Director for the Florida Youth Orchestra.

email:  t.sleeper@miami.edu

personal webpage: www.sleepermusic.com

Multimedia Essay on the Florida Everglades:
DREAMING IN SOUND AND COLOR

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