Tom Lopez [SEP] educated at
and a Fulbright Fellowship as composer-in-residence at the Centre International de Recherche Musical (CIRM). He has appeared at festivals and conferences around the world as a guest lecturer and composer. He serves on the board of directors of the Living Music Foundation and the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS).
Tom Lopez currently teaches at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and serves as chair of TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts), a program established in 1967. TIMARA
(SEP) and initially it had 4 teachers with 38 students. In 1954 the school received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and moved to 20 Escobedo Avenue. By then it had 250 students.
For a period of time the school occupied the Torreón Jardín Campus, housing all grade levels there. CAT alumnus Efrain Lopez Gurza donated the land used for the current campus in 1998. CAT's current middle and high school building opened in 2001. Elementary school facilities remained at the previous campus