Elijah J. Thomas

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Written By Armistead Booker

Elijah J. Thomas (he/him/his, M.M. Music Education, B.M. Jazz Arranging/Composition) is a Black Philadelphia-born and Harlem-based multi-instrumentalist, educator and composer/experimentalist. Elijah has studied woodwind performance/improvisation with musicians Dick Oatts, Tim Warfield, Jr., Walter Bell, and Dr. Cynthia Folio, as well as composition/orchestration with Kevin Rodgers, Dr. Cynthia Folio, Dr. Maurice Wright and Dr. Norman David. As an educator Elijah has held numerous teaching positions across Philadelphia and New York City with Temple University Music Prep; Settlement Music School; Tune Up Philly (of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra); Education Through Music, Inc; and BASIS Independent Schools. He is an avid composer and experimentalist and creates and outputs what he calls “enuff music”: music intent on Black healing, spiritual transcendence, and community. 

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Armistead Booker

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