Thomas Osborne
Assistant Professor of Composition & Theory
Thomas Osborne's music has been performed by ensembles across the United States, including the American Composers Orchestra, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, L.A. Sound Circle, Rice University's Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, USC's Thornton Symphony and Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble, and the New England Philharmonic. He has received degrees from Indiana University, Rice University, and the University of Southern California, studying composition with Edward Applebaum, Claude Baker, Donald Crockett, Don Freund, and Stephen Hartke. His works have received numerous awards, including a BMI Student Composer Award, the USC Jimmy McHugh composition prize, and an award in the American Composer Forum's American Composers Competition.
Osborne's works have been given premieres in major venues, including the T'ang Quartet's premiere of Furioso: Vendetta for String Quintet at Tanglewood in 2004, performances by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the New York Youth Symphony's premiere of The Nostalgia of the Infinite in Carnegie Hall, and the Pacific Symphony's performances of The Burning Music in Segerstrom Hall. Current projects include a work for marimba and percussion for Yuri Inoo and Yuko Yoshikawa.
Osborne is currently Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at the UH Manoa, where he is director of the Contemporary Music Ensemble.
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