b. 1957
Richard Pearson Thomas
Richard Pearson Thomas is known for his dozens of American song settings, including Race For the Sky, a song cycle which sets poems found on New York City streets after 9/11.
Photo: Richard Pearson Thomas, Publicity Photo, https://www.richardpearsonthomas.com/
About
Born in Montana, Richard Pearson Thomas studied at Eastman School of Music and the University of Southern California.
In additon to his prolific song output, Thomas has also written several musicals. He teaches at Teachers College/Columbia University and has previously taught at Yale and the University of Central Florida.
For more information, please visit Richard Pearson Thomas’ website. His songs are published by Classical Vocal Repertoire.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Richard Pearson Thomas Official Website
richardpearsonthomas.comClassical Vocal Repertoire
classicalvocalreprints.com/search.php?search_terms=Richard+Pearson+Thomas&search_type=textSongs
A Little Nonsense1988Richard Pearson ThomasEdward LearAt Last, To Be Identified1992Richard Pearson ThomasEmily DickinsonAt Last, To Be Identified!1992 · At Last, To Be IdentifiedRichard Pearson ThomasEmily DickinsonA Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim1990 · Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman PoemsRichard Pearson ThomasWalt WhitmanBeat! Beat! Drums!1990 · Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman PoemsRichard Pearson ThomasWalt WhitmanBirthday2007 · TwilightRichard Pearson ThomasChristina RossettiCalico Pie1988 · A Little NonsenseRichard Pearson ThomasEdward LearChild, Child2005 · Spring RainRichard Pearson ThomasSara TeasdaleDirge For Two Veterans1990 · Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman PoemsRichard Pearson ThomasWalt Whitmandon’t look for me anymore2002 · Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)Richard Pearson ThomasDoubt Me! My Dim Companion!1992 · At Last, To Be IdentifiedRichard Pearson ThomasEmily DickinsonDrum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems1990Richard Pearson ThomasWalt WhitmanHow My Life Has Changed2002 · Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)Richard Pearson ThomasI Never Saw a Moor1992 · At Last, To Be IdentifiedRichard Pearson ThomasEmily DickinsonLadies of Their Nights and Days1987Richard Pearson ThomasRichard Pearson ThomasMirage2007 · TwilightRichard Pearson ThomasChristina RossettiO Tan-Faced Prairie Boy1990 · Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman PoemsRichard Pearson ThomasWalt WhitmanOld Tunes2005 · Spring RainRichard Pearson ThomasSara TeasdaleRace For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)2002Richard Pearson ThomasSong2007 · TwilightRichard Pearson ThomasChristina RossettiSongs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay1994 · Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayRichard Pearson ThomasEdna St. Vincent MillaySpring Rain2005Richard Pearson ThomasSara TeasdaleSpring Rain2005 · Spring RainRichard Pearson ThomasSara TeasdaleThe Ballad of the Harp-Weaver1994 · Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayRichard Pearson ThomasEdna St. Vincent MillayThe Ghost2005 · Spring RainRichard Pearson ThomasSara TeasdaleThe Pobble Who Has No Toes1988 · A Little NonsenseRichard Pearson ThomasEdward LearThe Owl and the Pussycat1988 · A Little NonsenseRichard Pearson ThomasEdward LearThe Road to Avrillé1994 · Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayRichard Pearson ThomasEdna St. Vincent MillayThere’s a Certain Slant of Light1992 · At Last, To Be IdentifiedRichard Pearson ThomasEmily DickinsonTo a Young Poet1994 · Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayRichard Pearson ThomasEdna St. Vincent MillayTo the Towers Themselves2002 · Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)Richard Pearson ThomasTo One Who Might Have Born a Message1994 · Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent MillayRichard Pearson ThomasEdna St. Vincent MillayTwilight2007Richard Pearson ThomasChristina RossettiVigil1990 · Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman PoemsRichard Pearson ThomasWalt WhitmanWhat If I Say I Shall Not Wait!1992 · At Last, To Be IdentifiedRichard Pearson ThomasEmily DickinsonWild Nights! Wild Nights!1992 · At Last, To Be IdentifiedRichard Pearson ThomasEmily Dickinson
Records
2009
Between the Bliss and Me. . . Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson
Ernst Bacon, Aaron Copland, John Woods Duke, Arthur Farwell, Lee Hoiby, Lori Laitman, Richard Pearson Thomas
Sheet Music
Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Richard Pearson Thomas
Baritone
Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Richard Pearson Thomas
Soprano