Diane Thome*

Diane Thome’s latest commission is from The Esoterics for an a cappella work based on a Sanskrit text. The premiere and additional performances of All This took place in Seattle and Tacoma, WA, on April 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2005. Thome is the subject of an article in the New Grove’s Dictionary of Music and has been selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in Fine Arts Higher Education. She was an invited speaker at the Music Teachers National Association Convention held in Seattle, WA, in April 2005. You are invited to visit the composer’s website at http://faculty.washington.edu/dthome/

Performances

Through Amber for clarinet and computer-realized sound was heard at the Most Significant Bytes Festival at Mount Union College in Alliance, OH, on November 18, 2004, with James Perone. Bright Air/Brilliant Fire for flute and computer-realized sound was presented December 1 by Lindsay Jones and the New Music Ensemble, University of Utah. Estuaries of Enchantment for oboe and computer-realized sound was performed on April 2, 2005 by Sue Tomkiewicz, University of Texas, Austin.

*Sigma Alpha Iota Member

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 1999-2000 American Composers Update
• 1998-1999 American Composers Update
• 1996-1997 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online