Thomas W. Billing

Thomas W. Billng received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Ohio Northern University, 1970.  He taught band, jazz bands, and orchestra in Springfield Ohio City Schools for over 34 years and still resides in Sprinfield, Ohio.  .  He performed as a trombonist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra (traveling), the Les Elgart Orchestra, the Holiday on Ice Orchestra, the Shrine Circus Orchestra, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Lima Symphony Orchestra, and the Super Circus Orchestra.  Also performed as trombonist for entertainers the Four Freshmen, Urbie Green, the Temptations, the O’ Jays, the Dells, Bobby Vinton, Natalie Cole, Bernadette Peters, Red Skelton, Joel Grey, Jack Jones, Shirley Jones, Joni James, The Mills Brothers, Tommy Tune, Rosemary Clooney, Sandi Patty, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Fabian, and Wayne Newton.  He has over 50 years experience in composing and arraging for concert band, jazz band, and orchestra.  He is the arranger for the Bob Gray Orchestra and his works have been performed by the Dayton Jazz Orchestra, the Kim Kelly Orchestra, and many other area groups.  He writes the band arrangments for the Kaleidoscope radio show that airs of faithand friends.com.  He writes Christian jazz arrangements for The Bones Of Contrition and has over 20 tunes with this group that features five trombones with a rhythm section.