Thomas Blue retired from teaching public school choral music 6-12 after 34 years. He has continued his passion by teaching elementary music part-time at Oakland Christian School bringing the joy of music and singing to the K-5 students the past 4 years. The choirs in which Mr. Blue conducted consistently received the highest ratings at both District and State Choral Festivals.
Mr. Blue has a B.S in Music Education from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, a M.M. in Music Education with a choral cognate from Michigan State University and completed coursework on a Ph. D. in Music Education with a cognate in choral conducting.
Mr. Blue is a Michigan School Vocal Music Association Emeritus Member and is the President of the American Choral Directors Association, Michigan Chapter. He has articles published in The Choral Journal, ACDA ChorTeach, Resound, MSVMA Journal and has presented multiple times at various conferences including the ACDA Midwest Regional Conference, ACDA-MI Fall Conference, Michigan Music (Midwestern) Conference, Michigan Association for Middle School Educators, Oakland Schools, Arts First and the Summer Workshop for the Michigan School Vocal Music Association. He is most proud of his former students and student-teachers who are teaching in Michigan.
He has worked as a church musician, accompanist and hand bell choir director and has conducted a community chorus. He is a member of the Choral Artists of Michigan and is the conductor of the Young Choral Artists of Michigan. He is also the current music director of the Pontiac-Waterford Barbershop Chorus
He has conducted the Session III SATB Choir/ Chamber Choir at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for the past 18 summers.
He currently resides in Lake Orion, Michigan with his wife and their four children.