Tom Tallitsch resides in Hopewell, NJ, and has eleven albums to his name as a saxophonist on Posi-Tone Records, OA2 Records, and TT Productions. As both a bandleader and sideman, he performs at jazz clubs and venues in New York, Philadelphia, and the northeast, and has toured nationwide. He is skilled in saxophones, clarinet, flute, piano, guitar, and percussion, and is a prolific composer.
Tom is the pre-k through sixth-grade instrumental music teacher at Princeton Junior School and is the piano accompanist for the choir and spring musical. He owns a highly recommended music tutoring business in Princeton, NJ and is a popular jazz educator and clinician. He was the teacher to students on the autism spectrum at The Princeton Child Development Institute for eighteen years.
Tom is the musical director and composer for the multi-media dance company Big Sky Project, founded by his wife Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch. In addition to having his compositions and arrangements played by vocalists and musicians throughout New York and Philadelphia, Tom’s works have been performed by individual dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company at various choreographer showcase venues.
Tom was the host of The Modern Jazz Radio Show on the Mercer County Jazz Station, WWFM Jazzon2 89.1 HD2 every Thursday from Noon to 1pm for eleven years. He returned to the show on 8/9/18 after a break for a few years. Tom hosted the show every week from 2007 until 2012.
