T.J. is the Choral Director at a middle school in New York, where he directs three choruses and the musical theater program. He has directed over a decades’ worth of school musical productions and currently conducts clinics for teachers aspiring to create theater programs in their own schools. He also serves as a mentor for collegiate preservice music teachers in the field. T.J. earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music Education from Five Towns College, where he was a founding member of the institution’s still vibrant collegiate barbershop program.