Tom Prasada-Rao teaches songwriting, produces records, and plays live every weekend as a Solo Artist and with The Dreamsicles. TPR has won numerous awards - among them Kerrvilles' New Folk and 14 Wammies including Songwriter of the Year. His songs have been recorded by David Wilcox, Randy Travis, actor Ronny Cox, Christian artist Bob Bennett, and world music tabla master Broto Roy.

In addition to his solo CDs and The Dreamsicles, Tom has produced for Rachel Bissex, The Sherpas, Cary Cooper, Michael Bowers, and Annie Wenz. Most recently he produced Cary Coopers' "Yellow" which charted at #7 in Oct 05, and "Remembering Rachel" which raised over $50,000 for the children of the late Rachel Bissex and included Dar Williams, The Kennedys, Groovelily, Patty Larkin, and Catie Curtis.

Tom teaches every summer at the University of Virginias' Young Writers' Workshops, and at song camps nationwide including SummerSongs. At Young Writers he takes young high school poets and fiction writers and turns them into songwriters complete with a CD of their own song when they leave. He specializes in teaching novice songwriters, as well as advanced guitar classes and song editing techniques.