About
Born in Montana, Richard Pearson Thomas studied at Eastman School of Music and the University of Southern California.
In additon to his prolific song output, Thomas has also written several musicals. He teaches at Teachers College/Columbia University and has previously taught at Yale and the University of Central Florida.
For more information, please visit Richard Pearson Thomas’ website. His songs are published by Classical Vocal Repertoire.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Songs
A Little Nonsense
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Edward Lear
At Last, To Be Identified
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
At Last, To Be Identified!
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim
Richard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Beat! Beat! Drums!
Richard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Birthday
Richard Pearson Thomas
Christina Rossetti
Song Collection: Twilight
Calico Pie
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edward Lear
Song Collection: A Little Nonsense
Child, Child
Richard Pearson Thomas
Sara Teasdale
Song Collection: Spring Rain
Dirge For Two Veterans
Richard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
don't look for me anymore
Richard Pearson Thomas
Song Collection: Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)
Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
How My Life Has Changed
Richard Pearson Thomas
Song Collection: Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)
I Never Saw a Moor
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
Ladies of Their Nights and Days
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Richard Pearson Thomas
Mirage
Richard Pearson Thomas
Christina Rossetti
Song Collection: Twilight
O Tan-Faced Prairie Boy
Richard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Old Tunes
Richard Pearson Thomas
Sara Teasdale
Song Collection: Spring Rain
Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Song
Richard Pearson Thomas
Christina Rossetti
Song Collection: Twilight
Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song Collection: Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Spring Rain
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Sara Teasdale
Spring Rain
Richard Pearson Thomas
Sara Teasdale
Song Collection: Spring Rain
The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song Collection: Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Ghost
Richard Pearson Thomas
Sara Teasdale
Song Collection: Spring Rain
The Pobble Who Has No Toes
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edward Lear
Song Collection: A Little Nonsense
The Owl and the Pussycat
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edward Lear
Song Collection: A Little Nonsense
The Road to Avrillé
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song Collection: Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
There's a Certain Slant of Light
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
To a Young Poet
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song Collection: Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
To the Towers Themselves
Richard Pearson Thomas
Song Collection: Race For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)
To One Who Might Have Born a Message
Richard Pearson Thomas
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song Collection: Songs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Twilight
Song CollectionRichard Pearson Thomas
Christina Rossetti
Vigil
Richard Pearson Thomas
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: Drum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
What If I Say I Shall Not Wait!
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
Wild Nights! Wild Nights!
Richard Pearson Thomas
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: At Last, To Be Identified
Recordings
Between the Bliss and Me. . . Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson
(Ernst Bacon, Aaron Copland, John Woods Duke, Arthur Farwell, Lee Hoiby, Lori Laitman and Richard Pearson Thomas)
2009
Five Borough Songbook
(Ricky Ian Gordon, Richard Pearson Thomas and Scott Wheeler)
2013
Shades of Love
(Richard Pearson Thomas)
2011
Secrets
(Christopher Berg, Tom Cipullo and Richard Pearson Thomas)
2004
Dwell in Possibility: Dickinson in Song
(Ernst Bacon, Aaron Copland, Celius Dougherty, John Woods Duke, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, Etta Parker, Simon Sargon, Leo Smit and Richard Pearson Thomas)
2004
American Song Recital
(Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Paul Bowles, John Corigliano, John Woods Duke, Richard Hundley, Lori Laitman, John Musto and Richard Pearson Thomas)
1992
Sheet Music
A Little Nonsense
Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas
Voice Type: High
Buy via Classical Vocal ReprintsAt Last, To Be Identified
Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas
Voice Type: Soprano
Buy via Classical Vocal ReprintsDrum-Taps: A Song Cycle of Whitman Poems
Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas
Voice Type: Baritone
Buy via Classical Vocal ReprintsLadies of Their Nights and Days
Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas
Voice Type: Mezzo Soprano
Buy via Classical Vocal ReprintsRace For the Sky (Voices of 9/11)
Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas
Voice Type: High
Buy via Classical Vocal ReprintsSongs to Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas
Voice Type: Soprano
Buy via Classical Vocal Reprints