Tom Foster
Mr. Tom Foster grew up in Wildwood, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies Performance from Eastern Illinois University. He has taught music in public and private schools for nine years. Mr. Foster's primary instrument is trumpet, though he can play many others. He hopes to learn the bagpipes, or perhaps the didgeridoo, next. He says the Australian aboriginal didgeridoo is similar to trumpet.
Mr. Foster believes that participating in band teaches a student the value of hard work and achievement, and provides a great social outlet. "Ultimately, I think that music teaches a person respect, frustration, anger, accomplishment, joy, and happiness. It's hard to think of one thing that music teaches... I guess that emotion is its greatest achievement," he says.
The highlight of Mr. Foster's performing career came when he sat in with world-renown trumpet
player Clark Terry. In his leisure time, he listens to blues singer Keb 'Mo, Jimmy Buffet, and
any 60's R & B. His favorite pieces of music are Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue,"
Pachelbel's "Canon in D," The Beatles' Abbey Road, and Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again."
Call Mr. Foster at 630.464.0146.
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