Dr. Karen L. Thomas

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Dr. Karen L. Thomas - "Komposer MD"

AVAILABLE RECORDINGS

Rhythm and Soul

Symphonic Organ Music

Time of Rhythm: Classical and Contemporary Instrumental Music

View the following link for recordings - http://www.audiolife.com/store/KomposerMD/Albums.aspx

PRIVATE MUSIC EDUCATION

Latisha Hirschfeld, piano; Doris Mason, University of the Arts, piano; Nancy Edison, Blue Mountain Academy, organ; Robert Plimpton, University of the Arts and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, organ; Dr. J. Edward Hoy, Settlement School of Music and Tindley Temple United Methodist Church, organ; Dr. Allen Breach, Howard University Department of Music, organ; Dr. Gordon Jones, Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, New York City, organ.

MUSIC CERTIFICATION

Currently working on music certification in the areas of music analysis, fugue, ear training, harmonization-composition, and general music knowledge. The practical part consists of organ compositions, sight reading, transposition, figured bass, harmonization, and improvisation.

MASTER CLASSES

African American spirituals, Moses Hogan, Instructor; Improvisation [organ], Bruce Neswick, Instructor; Evolution of French Organ Music [1870 - 1940], Claire Coche, Instructor; Music of Franck [organ], Wilma Jensen, Instructor Vocal music and Conducting Nathan Carter, Conductor Glenn Halsey, Conductor Kay Pace, Conductor Choirs: Clark Atlanta University Concert Choir Morgan State University Concert Choir; Conducting, Hampton University Conference Carl Haywood, Conductor

WORKSHOPS

African American spirituals, Dennis McNeill, Instructor; Jazz, Shirley Scott, Instructor; Jazz, Audrey Shakir, Instructor

WORKING EXPERIENCES

Choirs, vocalists, instrumental live performances (e.g., organ recitals), composing, arranging, recording, and multimedia productions; Accompanist (piano), The Seven Last Words (Theodore Dubois), Dr. Melva Costen, Conductor, Interdenominational Theological Center Choir, Atlanta, GA; Accompanist (organ), Requiem (Gabriel Faure), Dr. Lynda Elliott, Conductor, Church of the Master Choir, New York City; Napoli School of Music, Teaching piano and basic music theory; Conductor, The Merry Widow, Municipal Opera Company of Baltimore; Accompanist (organ), Gloria (John Rutter), Eric Cui, Conductor, Wayne United Methodist Church Choir with Instrumental Ensemble, Wayne, PA; Accompanist (organ), Gloria (Antonio Vivaldi), Eric Cui, Conductor, Wayne United Methodist Church Choir with Main Line Orchestra, Wayne, PA; Accompanist (organ), The Messiah (George F. Handel), Eric Cui, Conductor, Wayne United Methodist Church Choir with Main Line Orchestra, Wayne, PA; Messiah Workshop, W. Russell Johnson Guild of NANM, Conductors, Karen L. Thomas, Gloria E. Todd, Accompanists, John Custis, Michael Fortson

OTHER MUSIC RECORDINGS

(1)Three Reels to the Seventh - classical and contemporary music of the organ, piano and synthesizers (2)Musical spirits - jazz influences and innovations Music recorded at Haywood's Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA Instruments: Allen Digital Computer Organ (ADC 530A), Korg 01/WFD, E Max II, and the Weber piano (3)CD DEMO 5 (4)CD DEMO 6 Both CD demos recorded with Sonar Digital Multitrack Recording Software

ORGANIZATIONS

American Guild of Organists American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Municipal Opera Company of Baltimore National Association of Negro Musicians Email me at admin@9eyequad.com

Karen L. Thomas is a graduate of Cheyney University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry and has a dual career in scientific medicine, public health science, and music. She obtained a Master of Science degree in Medical Biology from the C. W. Post College of Long Island University, a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Technologic University of Santiago, and Doctoral work in Anatomy from New York University.

She has working experiences in medicine and the physical sciences as a public health physician at the Moscoso Puello Hospital [Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic], analytical microscopy at Hercules, Inc., research in immunology at Morehouse School of Medicine, an Adjunct Professor at Baltimore City Community College, a member of Morgan State University's Complementary and Alternative Medicine [CAM] Advisory Board, and is an active researcher in the areas of ecosystemology and interdisciplinary academia.

Present work with music centers around being a versatile musician for musical composition, performance, and multimedia productions. Some of her musical compositions are choral arrangements for Lift Every Voice and Sing [symphonic form], Let Us Break Bread Together, If I Can Help Somebody, and The Seventh Vibration, a symphonic work for choir and orchestra [refer to "music webpage"].

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