Augusta Read Thomas

Distinguished Alumnae Award Recipient, 2000

Read Thomas was the longest-serving Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1997-2006. She is a University Professor of Composition in Music and the College at The University of Chicago and won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, among many other coveted awards. Augusta is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  She also received the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Awards Order of Lincoln, the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service.