The Choral Recording Specialists

Tom Tropp is a music educator and recording technician, and owner of SoundByte Studios, a music services firm specializing in CD production for choral ensembles.

Tom graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1996, with a Bachelor of Music Education.  During his time there, he worked as the sound technician for the School of Music, and completed an independent study project in choral conducting. Tom spent the next three years as a graduate teaching assistant in the Choral Department at The University of Arizona, where he completed the Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting in May of 1999.  During this time, he also taught in the Tucson Unified School District, and worked as the sound, recording, and lighting technician for a popular professional vocal jazz group in Tucson, a job that included two national tours.

Teachers have included: Kathy Ferrin, Linda Farquharson, and Larry Day, Voice; Tim Haskett, David Nott, Steven Eggleston, Josef Knott, and Maurice Skones, Conducting; and David Gehrenbeck and Pamela Decker, Organ and Church Music.