Tom Schroeder

Tom Schroeder is an internationally recognized author, instructor and performer on the autoharp. Tom’s dynamic playing style can be heard on his YouTube Channel, “TSchroeder Autoharp.” He is a two-time winner of The International Autoharp Contest. Thousands of autoharp players have read Tom’s instructional articles and play his published musical arrangements. For over thirty years he regularly contributed instructional articles in The Autoharp Quarterly Magazine, The Autoharp Clearinghouse Magazine, and The Autoharpoholic Magazine.  He currently has a YouTube Channel, “The Autoharp Player’s Companion,” where he teaches beginning level autoharp songs and melodies. Tom performs and teaches at major festivals throughout the United States. With Charles Whitmer, he has organized the Midwest Autoharp Academy. His beginning, intermediate and advanced students have gone on to win the International, National, and Mountain Laurel autoharp contests. In 2017 he was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame. As a performer and teacher, Tom has been referred to as “a master of the autoharp.”