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Deborah Thoreson
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Lecturer, Music History
Music Department
Emory University
1804 North Decatur Road, #309
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6442
404-727-0074 FAX
dthores@learnlink.emory.edu |
Deborah Thoreson joined the Emory College faculty in 1978. She
holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University
of Georgia and a Master of Music in piano performance and literature
from the Eastman School of Music. As Director of Undergraduate Studies
for the Department of Music at Emory, Ms. Thoreson advises music
majors and coordinates course offerings. She teaches introductory
courses in music theory and composition and music appreciation,
as well as private piano, accompanying, and chamber music.
Ms. Thoreson is an active performer in a variety of musical settings
including chamber music performances, choral presentations, instrumental
and vocal recitals. Her performances with flutist Carl Hall have
been broadcast on National Public Radio and she has recorded Messiaen's
Poems pour mi, Book I with soprano Teresa Hopkin on the ACA Digital
label. Ms. Thoreson has performed in England and throughout the
United States with the Emory University Concert Choir and toured
as pianist with The Atlanta Boy Choir to England, Wales, and Russia.
In 1999, Ms. Thoreson collaborated with Emory University faculty
member, soprano Bonnie Pomfret, for performances in Pecs, Hungary,
and St. Petersburg, Russia. They performed American art song repertoire
from the 20th century, including St. Petersburg premieres of George
Crumb's Apparition for soprano and amplified piano and John Harbison's
Mirabai Songs for soprano and piano.
Ms. Thoreson lives in the Atlanta area with her husband, Atlanta
Symphony bassist Thomas Thoreson, and their two sons.
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