Tom Breiding
Focus Work of Art from the 2009-2010 school year
Arts in Education Partnership
Tom currently tours and performs as a member of three different bands and as a solo artist, has produced five albums for his independent label AmeriSon Records, conducts regular songwriting workshops, and has performed his material in venues from Times Square to Ventura Boulevard, and in more than 100 schools in recent months. Tom's recent critically acclaimed release The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coalfields spent sixteen weeks in the top 100 on the AMA Chart. In 2008 he was commissioned by Calliope to celebrate Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary by producing, recording and writing many of the songs on the release When We Shine: Fifteen Songs About Pittsburgh.