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Composers Bureau
Diane Thome
Biography
Composer of a wide variety of works which span solo, chamber, choral,
orchestral and electronic media, Diane Thome is the first woman
to write computer-synthesized music. Her compositions have been
presented in Europe, China, Australia, Israel, Canada and throughout
the United States. She has been the guest of the Ecole Nationale
Claude Debussy and featured on French radio, composer-in-residence
at the University of Sussex and the Bennington Chamber Music Conference
and Composers Forum of the East, and an invited composer at International
Computer Music Festivals, and many others. Her collaborative works
include NIGHT PASSAGE, an environmental theatre piece presented
in the pavilion of the Moore College of Arts in Philadelphia and
ANGELS for virtual reality artwork shown at the Biennale des Arts
Electroniques in Paris. Her music has been recorded on the CRI,
Crystal Records, Opus One, Capstone,
and Centaur labels, including PALACES OF MEMORY, an 18-year retrospective
of her electro-acoustic music on the Centaur label. Recent performances
of THE PALACES OF MEMORY for chamber orchestra and tape have been
given by the Memphis Symphony at the Society
of Composers National Conference and by the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
Diane Thome is the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in music from
Princeton where she also received an M.F.A. in composition. Other
degrees include an M.A. in theory and composition from the University
of Pennsylvania and two undergraduate degrees with distinction in
piano and composition from the Eastman School of Music. Among her
teachers are Dorothy Taubman in piano, Robert Strassburg, Roy Hams,
Darius Milhaud, A. U. Boscovich, and Milton Babbitt in composition.
Thome has served as composer panelist for the Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
and Illinois State Arts Councils; co-chair of the NEA Composer Fellowship program; Regional Chair of the Society
of Composers, Inc.; and composer board member of The
College Music Society. In 1994 she was named Washington State
Composer of the year by the Music Teachers National Association.
She is a member of American
Composers Alliance and Broadcast Music,
Inc.
Dr. Thome has been a UW faculty member since 1977 and is Professor
and Chair of the Composition/Theory Division in the School of Music
of the University of Washington
Selected Commissions
- Bright Air/ Brilliant Fire for flute (alto flute) and
tape. IAMA Series, SAI Philanthropies,
Inc.
- The Palaces of Memory for large chamber ensemble and
tape. Commissioned by Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
- Angels for virtual reality artwork. Commissioned by Nicole
Stenger
- The Ruins of the Heart for soprano, orchestra and tape.
Commissioned by the University Symphony
- Into Her Embrace - Musings on Savitri for solo tape.
Commissioned by the Sri Aurobindo Learning Center.
- Lucent Flowers for soprano and chamber orchestra. Commissioned
by the Seattle Symphony.
- Veils for solo tape. Electronic Arts Symposium, The Evergreen
State College, Olympia, WA.
- Cassia Blossoms for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano,
violin, viola, cello. Commissioned by the Chamber Music Conference
of the East, Bennington, VT.
- Ringing, Stillness, Pearl Light for piano and tape. Commissioned
by Deborah Dewey, Alberto Rafols, Joel Salsman.
- Stepping Inward for oboe, English horn, viola, harp,
guitar, mandolin. Commissioned by the Marzena Ensemble.
- Levadi (Alone) for soprano and tape. Commissioned by
Belle Art Concerts.
- To Search the Spacious World for violin or viola and
tape. Commissioned by Adele Auriol.
- The Golden Messengers for full orchestra. Commissioned
for the Seattle Youth Symphony.
- Pianismus for piano solo.
- Silver Deer for violin and piano. Commissioned by Irwin
Eisenberg. Mu Phi Epsilon; Guest Composer Concert; Seattle, Washington
- The Yew Tree for soprano and large chamber ensemble.
Commissioned by Orchestra of Our Time, New York City.
- Three Psalms for SATB Choir, baritone soloist, flute,
violin viola, harp, violoncello. Commissioned by Temple de Hirsch
Sinai, Seattle.
Discography
- The Ruins of the Heart: Centaur Records, CD.
- Three Psalms: Capstone
Records, CD; ( Society of Composers, Inc. )
- Levadi (Alone) / Stepping Inward / Ringing, Stillness, Pearl
Light / Veils: Opus One. The Yew Tree: Crystal Records.
Anais: CRI. Los Nombres: Tulstar Records
Publications
All works published by American
Composers Alliance & licensed by Broadcast
Music, Inc.
- Chamber Music
- Cassia Blossoms (soprano, flute, clarinet, piano,
violin, viola, cello) 9"
- Stepping Inward (ob/English horn, viola, harp, guitar,
mandolin) 7"
- Silver Deer (violin, piano) 8 1/2"
- Electronic Music
- The Ruins of the Heart (soprano, orchestra, tape)
18"
- Veils (solo tape) 7"
- Ringing, Stillness, Pearl Light (piano, tape) 13"
- Levadi (Alone) (soprano and tape) 10 1/2"
- Musings On Savitri (solo tape) 16"
- To Search the Spacious World (violin/ viola, tape)
13 1/2"
- Winter Infinities (seven performers, tape) 14"
- Sunflower Space (flute, piano, tape) 9 1/2"
- Anais (cello, piano, tape) 9"
- Alexander Boscovich Remembered (violin,piano,tape)
10"
- Multimedia Compositions
- Angels (virtual reality artwork)
- Night Passage (environmental theatre piece)
- Orchestral Music
- Indra's Net 18"
- The Golden Messengers 13 1/2"
- Solo Piano
- Choral Music
- Three Psalms (SATB choir, baritone soloist, flute,
violin, viola, violoncello, harp) 10"
- Vocal Works
- Lucent Flowers (soprano and chamber orchestra) 16"
- Three Sonnets by Sri Aurobindo: Settings for soprano
and orchestra. 20"
- The Yew Tree (soprano, large chamber ensemble) 10"
- Songs on Chinese Verses (soprano, flute, clarinet,
violin, percussion (3)) 6 1/2"
Further Information
Contact Information
School of Music
Box 353450
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
E-mail: dthome@u.washington.edu
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