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Tom Allen (broadcaster)
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Tom Allen is a Canadian
radio broadcaster, concert host, trombonist, and writer. He broadcasts on CBC Radio 2, where, for ten years, he hosted the acclaimed classical music program Music and Company
until the station changed formats in September, 2008. He now hosts Shift, a national cross-genre afternoon show. From 2008 to 2009, he also hosted Radio 2 Morning
, but left in November 2009 to concentrate on Shift after the latter show was expanded by one hour.
Tom Allen also serves as a concert host and consultant for symphony orchestras. He hosts of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's Afterworks series. He has hosted concerts for the Hamilton Philharmonic, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Symphony Nova Scotia. From 2006 to 2009, Tom hosted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Unmasked series of concerts, working with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Hans Graf and Peter Oundjian. Also in Detroit, he was Creative Consultant and co-creator (with Peter Oundjian) of Eight Days in June, a short-lived but highly innovative festival of music and thought that was described by Mark Stryker in the Detroit Free Press as being "a chaotic success."
Tom has had three books published: Toe Rubber Blues (1999), Rolling Home - A Cross-Canada Railroad Memoir (2001), and most recently The Gift of The Game.
Allen attended Montreal's Marianapolis College and McGill University, and graduated from Boston University and Yale.
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radio broadcaster, concert host, trombonist, and writer. He broadcasts on CBC Radio 2, where, for ten years, he hosted the acclaimed classical music program Music and Company
Music and Company
Music and Company was a classical music program that aired from 6:00 am to 9:00 am on weekdays from CBC Radio 2. It was discontinued in September 2008.-The Host:...
until the station changed formats in September, 2008. He now hosts Shift, a national cross-genre afternoon show. From 2008 to 2009, he also hosted Radio 2 Morning
Radio 2 Morning
Radio 2 Morning is the morning program on CBC Radio 2 in Canada, launched September 2, 2008. The program features a cross-genre selection of Canadian and international music....
, but left in November 2009 to concentrate on Shift after the latter show was expanded by one hour.
Tom Allen also serves as a concert host and consultant for symphony orchestras. He hosts of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's Afterworks series. He has hosted concerts for the Hamilton Philharmonic, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Symphony Nova Scotia. From 2006 to 2009, Tom hosted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Unmasked series of concerts, working with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Hans Graf and Peter Oundjian. Also in Detroit, he was Creative Consultant and co-creator (with Peter Oundjian) of Eight Days in June, a short-lived but highly innovative festival of music and thought that was described by Mark Stryker in the Detroit Free Press as being "a chaotic success."
Tom has had three books published: Toe Rubber Blues (1999), Rolling Home - A Cross-Canada Railroad Memoir (2001), and most recently The Gift of The Game.
Allen attended Montreal's Marianapolis College and McGill University, and graduated from Boston University and Yale.