Diane Thome

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Diane Thome
Born1942
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Eastman School of Music
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
OccupationComposer

Diane Thome (born 1942) is an American composer. She studied piano with Dorothy Taubman and Orazio Frugoni and composition with Robert Strassburg, Roy Harris, Darius Milhaud, A.U. Boscovich, and Milton Babbitt. She graduated with undergraduate degrees from Eastman School of Music, a Master of Arts in theory and composition from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Fine Arts and Ph.D in composition from Princeton University. [1] She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in music from Princeton University. [2]

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After completing her studies, Thome became a professor and then chair of the Composition Program at the University of Washington School of Music. Thome's compositions have been performed in Europe, China, Australia, Canada, Israel and the United States. She has been composer-in-residence at the University of Sussex and the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (Bennington, Vermont). Her compositions have been featured on French radio. [3] [4]

Honors and awards

Works

Thome has composed for solo instruments, chamber and choral ensembles, orchestra, and electronic media. Selected works include:

Her works have been recorded and issued on CD including

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References

  1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers.
  2. 1 2 3 "Diane Thome" . Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  3. "Classical Composers" . Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  4. Pendle, Karin (1997). American Women Composers: Volume 16, Parts 1-2.