Dr. Thomas M. Council

Education/Degrees

• Ph.D. – Auburn University
• M.Ed. – Samford University
• B.S. – Toccoa Falls College

Honors/Awards

• 2006 and 2014 Wade Distinguished Scholars Faculty Award

Memberships

• American Choral Directors Association

When I’m away from the classroom, I enjoy:

• Family time
• Fishing

Research Interests

• Choral Conducting

Scholarly Work and Publications:

• Produced TFC Music Department CD recordings
• Nine concert appearances as guest conductor/clinician at Carnegie Hall one at the Lincoln Center (1996-present)
•  TFC concert choir tours in USA, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand and Israel – 2000 – present
• Served as Fellow Conductor in collaborative performance of Haydn’s “Creation” in Bulgaria – 2015

What courses do you teach at TFC?

• College Choir
• Singing Men
• Choral Conducting
• Various Worship Arts Classes

What year did you begin teaching at TFC?

• 2000

People might be interested to know…

• I’m one-half Lebanese.

What is your favorite aspect of teaching at TFC?

• The students!

Favorite verse/quote:

• Philippians 3:13-14

“Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”