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Tom Robinson, baritone
Tom is married to the very talented garden writer, Barbara Ashmun, now
living in Portland with their two cats. He earned a full music scholarship at WVWC college playing trumpet in orchestra,
symphonic band, jazz band and brass ensemble, and earned spending money playing with a jazz combo and with several big bands.
After college, he was soloist in the First Army Band for three years travelling up and down the Eastern seaboard.
Tom currently sings baritone in the very entertaining acappella quartet:
The Harmonics
and is trumpet and vocal soloist with
Sunset Traffic Jam Dixieland band
and
The Carroll Rahm Swing Band
Tom has sung in numerous barbershop quartets including Gusto, the comedy quartet Spare Time and Pacific Harmony (which
performed locally in the Shoestring Players' the Music Man). He has performed the last three Christmas seasongs
with The Dickens Carolers quartet singing both tenor and bass as needed, and has performed as soloist with
the 1st Unitarian Church Chamber Choir.
Tom has two married childern, and three adorable grandchildren.
