In 2010, Tom and his wife Sarah relocated to Northeast China where he developed a jazz music strategy for teaching English to native Mandarin speakers. In 2011 he was appointed a professor of music at Ningbo University (Zhejiang Province, China) assigned to establish the first entirely functional jazz program on the Chinese mainland, that led to formation of numerous instrumental groups and a 40-member jazz choir.
Tom and his wife Sarah moved to Northeast China in 2010. He created an English teaching strategy for native Mandarin speakers using jazz music. In 2011, he became a professor of music at Ningbo University, where he founded the first Chinese mainland jazz program, which resulted in the formation of many instrumental groups and a large jazz choir.