16-year-old music prodigy from Fairhaven studying drums at Berklee College

that is such a great sound all new at six he's been drumming since he was a little boy and now at 16 years old he's studying at Berkeley College of Music just 16 wbz's Laura Hayley spoke to the music Prodigy about his big accomplishment and what's next Thomas Thunder the name speaks for itself the 16-year-old percussion Prodigy from Fair Haven Massachusetts is obsessed with symbols high hats TomTom and bass drums the beat flowing through his fingers my life is just music Thomas's family discover

ed his talent for music when he was just 5 years old progressing quickly on the drums eventually teaching himself to compose entire songs by the time he was 10 and it was right then when everyone like realized that I had like a talent and it wasn't just his family who noticed Thomas is homeschooled and at only 16 has completed High School requirements so we took a chance applying to one of the most prestigious music schools in the country Berkeley College of Music he got in Thomas is a part of t

he Berkeley online program offering similar coursework as oncampus learning but for students who need more flexibility students who can't come to Boston because of geographic reasons cost reasons students who are out touring on the road Michael Moyes is the Chief Operating Officer for Berkeley online how UNC common is it for Berkeley to admit a 16-year-old I'd say it's not the norm we're very happy to have Thomas and Thomas's talent doesn't just stop with the drums he's also a fantastic keyboard

ist guitarist and bass player a well-rounded musician with Big Dreams so what's next for Thomas the degree that I'm taking is in you know film scoring maybe for like a Disney film so we put Thomas's talent to the test play a drum solo matching an emotion in a movie first happy angry and finally scary despite what the name May imply it's clear the future is bright for Thomas thunder in Fair Haven Laura Hayley WBZ News how about the name that's amazing and we're absolutely going to hear him on a s

oundtrack at some point in the not distant future and can you imagine when he was really little and banging away at those drums hm the noise in the house so talented