Dr Thomas Peter Laue is a music performer, conductor, educator, composer, and researcher. Born in Hong Kong with Australian citizenship, he holds positions as Lecturer in Music at the ANU School of Music, Senior Carillonist at the National Carillon, Canberra, and Director of the ANU Handbell Ensemble.
As a performer, Thomas began studying piano at age three and gave his début public performance at his primary school assembly in 1992. About 20 years later, after much singing and playing on various traditional instruments, he became a Canberra Carillonist in January 2013, following six months of study on the Australia’s heaviest concert under Lead Carillonist Lyn Fuller. Three months later, he was promoted to the position of Senior Carillonist following assessment by esteemed American carilloneur Karel Keldermans. He has since presented hundreds of concerts and commemorative recitals, with repertoire ranging from ‘classical’ transcriptions, through improvisatory jazz and pop arrangements, to technically and artistically demanding contemporary music written specifically for the instrument. His approach to performance on the carillon is indebted to his training on modern piano and fortepiano under the expert tutelage of Professor Geoffrey Lancaster and Emeritus Professor Larry Sitsky.