Tom Crean was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1979 where he currently resides.  He attended the Hartt School of Music, where in 2002 he was awarded a B.M in Music Management with a concentration in Jazz Guitar.  Tom then went on to study at Wesleyan University where he studied with Anthony Braxton, Ron Kuivila, Alvin Lucier and Neely Bruce and received a MA in Composition in 2004.  Currently he has a studio of 50 guitar students.

Tom has played a large variety of music as a performer ranging from rock to jazz to avant-garde.  Some of the people he has performed with include Anthony Braxton, John Sinclair, Craig Shepard, Chris Dahlgren, Rane, and Kevin O’Neil.  As a composer, Tom’s music has been performed by Anthony Braxton, The Flux String Quartet, Kevin Norton, Neely Bruce, and The Wesleyan University Orchestra. 

Tom’s recent artistic activities include video game development, Mr. Crean's Guitar Journal Podcast, the recording "4 Maps of Infinite Possibility" (self released), work with interactive electronics, and work with Anthony Braxton's Diamond Curtain Wall Musics Trio.  As a member of Mr Braxton's Trio, Tom has toured throughout Europe and is featured on the upcoming release:  "Anthony Braxton - Trio (Glasgow) 2005" (Leo) .