Tom Swafford

Tom Swafford is an American violinist, composer and improviser, born in 1972 in Seattle and now based in Providence, Rhode Island. His work spans contemporary composition, experimental performance, folk music and free improvisation.

Swafford studied composition at Tufts University and completed a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002, where Olly Wilson was among his teachers. His activities include the string ensemble String Power, the group Kef, performances at Roulette and The Stone, and a long-running practice of public-space violin performance in New York.

Creative Sources lists his violin performance on Sidereus Nuncius (CS349).