Thom Schuyler
Youth
Director, Thom Schuyler migrated to Nashville from his native Pennsylvania in
1978 to pursue a career as a songwriter. Thirty years later he has compiled
a repertoire of songs including 5 that attained #1 status, 5 that peaked at
#2 on the charts and another 5 that reached the Top-Ten. Among the songs Thom
composed are "Love Will Turn You Around" by Kenny Rogers, "I
Fell in Love Again Last Night" by The Forester Sisters, "A Long Line
of Love" by Michael Martin Murphy and the recently-named "Official
Anthem of Music Row," "16th Avenue," recorded by Lacy J. Dalton.
Thom has served as both President and Chairman of the Country Music Association,
was a 3-term President of the Nashville Songwriters Association, long-term Chairman
of the Nashville Songwriters Foundation and ran the Nashville division of RCA
during which time he signed artists Kenny Chesney, Lone Star, Mindy McCready,
Sarah Evans and directed the on-going careers of Alabama, Clint Black and Martina
McBride. He and his wife of 30 years, Sarah, have 3 children - Tallu, Roy and
Luke - all in various stages of higher education.