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The Thorburn Duo

Bass-baritone Benjamin Thorburn is active as a singer, conductor, and musicologist. He is Associate Professor of Music at Chowan University in NC, where he directs the choral ensembles and teaches vocal performance and music history. A versatile singer with experience in art song, opera, oratorio, and early music, he has performed throughout Virginia and the Northeast. He received the Ph.D. in music history from Yale University and the Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Rochester. His principal voice teachers have been Lielle Berman and Jane Gunter-McCoy.

Colleen Potter Thorburn teachers harp at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. She currently performs as a Touring Artist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts and as Principal Harp with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra in New London, Connecticut. Colleen earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Yale School of Music, where she studied with June Han, and she holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois, where she studied with Ann Yeung.