Timeline

  • 2019 (June 23) Dreamer's Lullaby for Flute and Piano performed by Jessica Quiñones (Flute) and Petros  Bouras (Piano), Falmouth, England
  • 2019 (June 22) World premiere of Dreamer's Lullaby for Flute and Piano performed by Jessica Quiñones (Flute) and Petros  Bouras (Piano), Golowan Festival, Penzance, England
  • 2018 (November 12) World premieres of Rhapsody and Baby Song composed for and performed by Rita Moldão, Soprano, Madrid, Spain
  • 2018 (November 11) Piano Trio No. 2 performed by the Galan Trio, The Hague, the Netherlands
  • 2018 (October 18) Piano Trio No. 2 performed by the Galan Trio, National Chamber Music Hall, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2018 (October 16) Piano Trio No. 2 performed by the Galan Trio, Eduard Kzrtmyan Music School, Vanadzor, Armenia
  • 2018 (August 2) Video introduction to Alchemy at Bollingen Tower, produced and released by the Jung Society of Washington, D.C.
  • 2018 Composed Alchemy at Bollingen Tower: An Architectural Ballet for orchestra and chorus
  • 2018 (June 24) Piano Trio No. 2 performed by the Galan Trio, Mallorca, Spain
  • 2018 (February 5) World premiere of Dreamer's Lullaby for Piano composed for and performed by Petros Bouras at the St. Gilles City Hall in Brussels, Belgium. Attendees included former Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region Charles Picqué and Ambassador Eleftheria Galathianaki, Greek Ambassador to Belgium.
  • 2017 (December 14) World premiere of Piano Trio No. 2 performed by the Galan Trio at the Megaron Theater complex in Athens, Greece. The concert includes a "Theme and Variations" composed jointly by T. Bramel, D. Haladjian, H. Weiss, V. Pereira, V. Kennedy, and N. Xanthoulis.
  • 2017 (November) - Composer in Residence, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, Washington
  • 2017 (October 20) - The Galan Trio released Switch, a CD of new trios composed especially for them. The CD includes Thomas Bramel's Piano Trio No. 2 and trios by five internationally known composers: David Haladjian (Switzerland/Armenia), Harald Weiss (Germany), Vasco Pereira (Portugal), Vincent Kennedy (Ireland), and Nikos Xanthoulis (Greece).
  • 2017 - Composed Piano Trio No. 2 commissioned  by The Galan Trio, Athens, Greece
  • 2017 (January) - Composer in Residence, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Brush Creek Ranch, Wyoming
  • 2016 - Retired from the position of Chief, Multimedia Group, The Library of Congress
  • 2015 - Composed Summer Afternoon for flute, oboe, violin, two guitars, two trombones and piano, premiered by Philippe Lachaise & the Joan of Arc School Band, Joan of Arc School, Paris, France
  • 2014 - Composed Suite of Little Prayers for violoncello and piano, performed by Gabriele Maria Ferrante and Dario Sanguedolce, Conservatorio Di Musica Vincenzo Bellini, Palermo, Italy
  • 2013 - Established YouTube channel to share new music compositions. Included on the site are Adagio, Spring River Waltz, Great Falls Overture, Denali Fanfare, Conductor’s Joy (Allegro Maestoso), Calypso, Noah Rides for clarinet, Journey of the Magi, and Portrait of a New Hampshire Gentleman. 
  • 2007 - Composed Piano Trio for violin, violoncello, and piano, premiered by The Rome Trio (CUA Faculty Trio), Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
  • 2003 (February 19) - World premiere public performance of A Guardian Angel Learns of Divorce for Violoncello and Tape, premiered by Dieter Wulfhorst, California State University, Fresno, California
  • 1995-2016 - Employed by The Library of Congress in various multimedia-related positions. Composed scores for numerous Library-produced video productions.
  • 1994 - Composed the score for Don’t Get Weary: African Americans in 18th-Century Alexandria Produced by Robert Cole Films for the Carlyle House Historic Park, Alexandria, Virginia
  • 1993 - Composed the theme song for It’s Only Politics produced by National Empowerment Television (NET) Satellite Network.
  • 1992 (March 6) - Duo for Violin and Violoncello performed by the Emerald Duo at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Annandale, Virginia
  • 1992 - Composed Golden Anniversary March commissioned by the Maryland Music Educators Association and performed by the Maryland All State Band, Ocean City, Maryland
  • 1991 - Received a CINE Golden Eagle Award for the score to George Mason and the Bill of Rights (PBS)
  • 1990 - Composed the theme song and incidental music for Dr. T. and Company children's program, produced for the Jones Intercable Television Network
  • 1990 (September 30) - Duo for Violin and Violoncello performed by the Emerald Duo at the Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church, Camp Springs, Maryland
  • 1990 (February 23) - Duo for Violin and Violoncello performed by the Emerald Duo at the Music Department, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia  
  • 1989 - Produced and composed the musical score for the film The True University commissioned by The University of Maryland Library System, College Park, Maryland
  • 1988 - Composed and independently produced Call of the Prophets: Music Inspired by the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, a music CD with nine tone poems
  •  1988 - Composed Variations on a Theme by Handel for flute, violin, and piano, performed by the Kennedy Center Handel Festival Orchestra Chamber Players, Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 1987 - Composed The Legend of Okoto for Horn and E-Media, premiered by James Criswell, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
  • 1987 - Composed Spring on Planet Gilees for Piccolo and E-media, premiered by Laura Seelig, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
  • 1987 - Composed A Guardian Angel Learns of Divorce for violoncello and E-Media, premiered by Dieter Wulfhorst, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
  • 1987 - Composed NOVA for Concert Band and Chorus, commissioned and premiered by the Northern Virginia Community College Band and Chorus for their 10th Anniversary Celebration, Alexandria, Virginia
  • 1986 - Received an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the score to The Potomac: American Reflections (PBS)
  • 1983 - Composed complete music for modern dance production of Cinderella produced by the YWCA & Source Theater Company, Washington, DC
  • 1980-1982 - Composed incidental music for Source Theater Company stage productions of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, The Queen and the Rebels by Ugo Betti, and Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill
  • 1975 - Began private music composition studies in the Schillinger System of Musical Composition under the tutelage of Asher G. Zlotnik. Studies emphasized the mathematical basis of the arts, film music, and the semantics of music.