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Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord: Musical Images from Nature

Sunday, December 5, 2004
3:30pm to 5:30pm
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Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Critically acclaimed harpsichordist Elaine Thornburgh will perform a program entitled "Musical Images From Nature," which will include pieces by Peerson, Byrd, Sweelinck, Couperin, and Rameau.

Elaine Thornburgh has received critical acclaim for her performances throughout the United States as a soloist and chamber musician. A semi-finalist in the Sixth International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, Belgium in 1980, Miss Thornburgh also received a National Endowment of the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant in 1984 and has been a California Arts Council Touring Artist since 1985.

Frequently heard on National Public Radio in ensemble with leading soloists, Miss Thornburgh has performed in many major recital halls throughout the United States. Soloist with the Carmel Bach Festival in 1985, she has also presented concerts and lecture-recitals on historic instruments at the Smithsonian Institution, Colonial Williamsburg, the Huntington Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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