Thom McLean
Thom McLean was raised in Fairbanks and began playing the violin in the public school system at age nine. He studied with many teachers in the Fairbanks area, began playing with the Fairbanks Symphony and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra as a freshman in high school, attended the Tanglewood Music Festival and later studied at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and then Rice University on full scholarship where he focused on Violin Performance as well as studies in neuroscience. He played as an extra on violin and viola with the Anchorage Symphony for 15 years.
Thom has had a private studio in Fairbanks for over twenty years and teaches violin, viola, and fiddle.
