Tom Rudolph

Thomas Rudolph, Ed. D. currently is the Director of Music and middle school classroom and instrumental music instructor for the School District of Haverford Township, in Havertown, Pennsylvania. He is also an adjunct Assistant Professor at The University of the Arts. Dr. Rudolph is one of the seminal people in music education and technology. He began his work as a clinician and workshop leader in the field in 1982. He has authored seven books including: Teaching Music With Technology, currently in its third printing; Finale An Easy Guide to Music Notation, Recording in the Digital World, Finding Funds for Music Technology, and he was one of 4 co-authors of the TI:ME publication: Technology Strategies for Music Education.

He has published more than 30 articles on music technology that have appeared in the Music Educators Journal, The Instrumentalist, Jazz Educator Journal, and Downbeat magazine. He is a regular contribute to Music Education Technology magazine. Dr. Rudolph has consulted with dozens of companies including Apple Computer, Korg, SoundTree, Roland, Bose Corporation and many others. In 1995, he was one of the founders of the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) and is now serving as the President of this organization.

Since 1983, Rudolph has taught workshops in music technology at 17 institutions of higher learning and has trained over 3,500 music educators in his acclaimed workshops. He presented the music technology keynote address for the MENC Eastern Music Technology pre-conference in 1996, the Massachusetts State Conference in 1999, the MENC/TI:ME National Conference in 2002, the Missouri State Conference in 2003 and the Alabama State Conference in 2005.