Tom Trapp currently arranges for top artists throughout the world. He is the world's most accomplished transcriber of Frank Zappa's music, and his arrangments of many (and varied) artists have been performed inestimably.

As a composer, his numerous commissions have also been performed around the world. His hundreds of compositions range from orchestra to jazz band, from artsongs to rock songs, and everything in between.

Numerous jobs as a score supervisor and consultant led to work as a conductor of a variety of music in New York, mostly including things new and weird, spanning Big Band Jazz and Chamber Music, to Tom's own orchestrations of other music.

Tom grew up in New York City, and picked up guitar, drums and piano at a young age. He attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, studying composition and orchestration - where the numerous discussions and overintellecual arguments would shape his view of music and what he wanted to do.

During his time in Florida, an affection for the music of Frank Zappa would lead to Tom playing drums for the Zappa tribute ensemble Bogus Pomp for a few years, where he made the acquaintance of a few Zappa alumni. All the while transcribing Zappa's music, highlighting the chamber aspects of the music with his own Zappa Ensemble...

During the coming years, the family tree grew. Tom's work as a transcriber for publishers and magazines made a name for him as a transcriber, Tom was busy orchestrating and conducting various music, and writing a lot of his own.

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