Dr. Thomas Mark Breadon Jr. is a teacher, bassoonist, and composer living in Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently the Band Director at Arizona School for the Arts and a composer and performer with the ensembles Mill Ave Chamber Players and Notes and Nightcaps. 

Recently featured performances of Thomas’s compositions include the FAOT Festival Alfonso Ortiz Tirado in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, the Red Rock Music Festival in Sedona, AZ, the Walled City Music Festival in Derry, Northern Ireland, the Downtown Chamber Series at the Mesa Arts Center, the University of Arizona Woodwind Chamber Fest in Tucson, AZ , the International Flute Association Convention in Phoenix, AZ, Arizona PBS Playlist 48, and on The Classical Happy Hour with Greg Kostraba on KBACH 89.5 fm. 

Thomas has recorded two albums with the Mill Ave Chamber Players. Thomas's composition Impressions for Wind Quintet was recorded and paired alongside compositions by composers Robert V. Springer, John Steinmetz, Kerry Turner, and Jessica Meyer for the album Impressions which was released in 2018. In 2016, The Mill Ave Chamber Players were joined by The Pacific Arts Wind Quintet to record the music of John Steinmetz in the album What The Birds Said. 

The Mill Ave Chamber Players have also recorded two sets of Thomas’s educational compositions for Woodwind Quintet and Narrator entitled Aesop’s Fables and North American Folktales. Both recordings were paired with paintings by the Phoenix based artist Tifa Holman to create videos that are available on Youtube. 

Dr. Breadon completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Arizona State University in December of 2015 and holds Masters degrees in Bassoon Performance and Music Theory from The University of Akron, as well as a Bachelors in Music Performance from Morehead State University.