Biography

Thome studied piano with Dorothy Taubman

Dorothy Taubman

Dorothy Taubman , is an American music teacher, lecturer and founder of the Taubman Institute of New York, who developed the "Taubman Approach" to piano playing. Her approach to piano technique is based on an analysis of the motions needed for virtuosity and musical expression, but at first earned...

 and composition with Robert Strassburg

Robert Strassburg

Robert Strassburg was aleading American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator of the twentieth century. His studies in music were completed under the supervision of such leading composers as Igor Stravinsky, Walter Piston and Paul Hindemith, with whom he studied at Tanglewood...

, Roy Harris

Roy Harris

Roy Ellsworth Harris , was an American composer. He wrote much music on American subjects, becoming best known for his Symphony No...

, Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality...

, A.U. Boscovich, and Milton Babbitt

Milton Babbitt

Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...

. She graduated with undergraduate degrees from Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music

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, a Master of Arts in theory and composition from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 and a and Master of Fine Arts and Ph.D in composition from Princeton University

Princeton University

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. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in music from Princeton University.

After completing her studies, Thome became a professor and then chair of the Composition Program at the University of Washington

University of Washington

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 School of Music. Thome's compositions have been performed in Europe

Europe

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, China

China

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, Australia

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, Canada

Canada

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, Israel

Israel

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 and USA. Shehas been composer-in-residence at the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

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, Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East. Her compositions have been featured on French

France

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radio

Honors and awards

• 1994 Washington Composer of the Year
• 1995-96 Solomon Katz Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
• 1998 International Computer Music Conference Commission

Works

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

• Pianismus for solo piano
• Unseen Buds (1996)
• Bright Air/Brilliant Fire (1997)
• UnfoldEntwine (1998)
• Like A Seated Swan (1999)

Her works have been recorded and issued on CD including

• Bright Air/Brilliant Fire Audio CD (2001), Centaur, ASIN:B00005Q479
• Palaces of Memory Audio CD (1995), Centaur
• Composers in the Computer Age (1993), Centaur, ASIN: B0000057VJ
• America Sings Audio CD (1998) Leonarda Productions, Inc.
• Sunbursts (1992) Capstone, Society of Composers, Inc.