Dr. Thomas G. Evans became the conductor of the Kalamazoo Concert Band in 2002. Tom is the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Kalamazoo College. Tom joined the faculty of Kalamazoo College in 1995 having held a similar position for eight years at Alfred University in Alfred, New York. His jazz bands have toured internationally (Russia, Estonia, Finland, and Tunisia) as well as nationally (Chicago, Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, and Detroit). Prior to teaching in higher education, Tom taught for six years in the New York State public schools where his high school bands and orchestras achieved the highest ratings at state festivals. In 2004, Tom took his Kalamazoo College 7-piece jazz combo to Numazu, Japan for a week long concert tour in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the sister city association with Kalamazoo. Tom holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia, a Master of Music degree in Music Education and Trombone Performance from Boston University, and a Doctorate of Music Arts in Trombone Performance from the University of Michigan. Currently, Tom is the bass trombonist with the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, principal trombonist with the Bach Festival Orchestra, and substitute trombonist with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. He is an active freelance trombonist, clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator. Tom has also written for The Instrumentalist.   Tom’s wife, Julie, is the Assistant Principal Second Violinist with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and is an Assistant Professor of Music at Western Michigan University.