Personal profile
About
Prof. Pearsall joined Georgia Southern University in 1993 and retired in 2026.
— Biography from the 2026 Spring Commencement program —
Dr. Pearsall has served Georgia Southern University as a member of the Keyboard Faculty and as Group Piano Coordinator since August of 1993. Every student who has matriculated in the Statesboro Campus has benefited from his expertise, patience, and commitment. As director of Group Piano, he has taught the necessary piano skills for career success to every student for whom piano was not their primary instrument. In every freshman and sophomore class, vocal and instrumental majors have grown into career readiness through his ability to help them establish basic keyboard skills. In addition, he has generously helped students as piano collaborator for their required recitals, and as accompanist for opera productions. He is consistently identified by alumni as one of the most impactful of their professors. For his dedication to the university and his students. Dr. Thomas Pearsall is deserving of the title Professor of Piano Emeritus.*