Tom Allen
Tom Allen was born in Montreal and worked as a trombonist in New York when there were still places you just didn’t go. He began working for the CBC on his 30th birthday, a long time ago. He has written books, created countless shows for theatre companies and orchestras, as well as touring a series of chamber musicals with his beloved, the harpist Lori Gemmell, including JS Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow and their latest, Brahms in New York. Tom was recently named an honorary Doctor of Music by Brandon University. His latest project is an 18th century-style Classical Musick Almanack with illustrator Ian Bell, built on gossip, steampunk technology and, within certain limitations, history.
