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2025

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July:  Thomas's article "Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: A Gentle Faith in Eternal Rest" is accepted for publication in the College Orchestra Directors Association Journal. 
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​​June:  Thomas is 1 of only 4 college/university orchestra conductors to be named a National Finalist for the Ernst Bacon Award for the Performance of American Music.

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March:  Thomas leads the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra in two of their Carnegie Hall Link Up: The Orchestra Swings performances.

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March:  Thomas is 1 of only 11 college/university orchestra conductors to be named a National Finalist for The American Prize in Orchestral Conducting.

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March:  Thomas is 1 of only 5 college orchestras in the country to be named a National Finalist for the  Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orchestral Programming! 

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January:  Thomas presented his session "Happy Birthday, Anton Bruckner: A College Orchestra Director's Guide to One of His Lesser-Known Symphonies" at the 2025 CODA National Conference in Omaha, NE.​

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