Dr. Tom Zlabinger

Dr. Tom Zlabinger is an Associate Professor of Music at York College, where he teaches popular music performance and directs the York College Band. Dr. Zlabinger holds a B.A. in music from Grinnell College and an M.A. in jazz performance from Queens College. He completed his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the CUNY Graduate Center and his dissertation was entitled FREE FROM JAZZ: The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna after Ossiach (1971-2011). Dr. Zlabinger has most recently written about music in and around media franchises, such as The Big Lebowski, Peanuts, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, The Simpsons, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Wars. Additionally, his scholarly interests include the pedagogy of improvisation, decolonization, telematic performance, and the relationships between blues, jazz, and psychedelia.

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