Thomas is an avid reader (since age 2 1/2), interests in books include history, music, the classics and sci-fi/fantasy. A lifelong learner, he holds a BA from Penn State and an MM from U. Houston. Recent reads include: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins Cold Mountain Charles Frazier Ballanchine’s Tchaikovsky, Solomon Volkov The Princess Bride, William Goldman The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman My Name is Barbra, Barbra Streisand Mother Courage, Bertold Brecht (trans. E. Bentley) The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II, Edvard Radzinsky (trans. Marian Schwartz) Me Elton John