Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra Concert to Feature Prof. Harriet Thompson Moore

February 29, 2008

February 29, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - In Saturday's performance by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, "Harriet Thompson Moore ... will be featured playing the music of Claude Debussy," reports today's Terre Haute Tribune Star. Moore "has been principal harpist with the THSO since 1989 and is adjunct professor of harp at DePauw University," adds the article.

It continues, "Moore earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and both bachelor and master of music degrees from Indiana University, where she studied with Susann McDonald. She also has studied with Nancy Allen at the Aspen Music Festival, and with Odette LeDentu at the Schola Cantorum in Paris." 

The concert is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. "The evening's repertoire includes Dan Powers' Concerto Piccolo, Beethoven - Symphony No. 2, Debussy - Danses Sacrée et Profane and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite." The program will be conducted by Daniel Powers, the orchestra's composer-in-residence.

Read more at the Tribune-Star's Web site.

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