Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Division of the Humanities Professor Augusta Read Thomas teaches music composition to students. Throughout the world, symphonies, orchestras, and opera and ballet companies have performed the music she composes. Find out who and what have inspired her work.

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