Barbara Thornton Scholarship

Barbara Thornton

The Barbara Thornton Memorial Scholarship being offered by Early Music America has been increased to $5000.

The sScholarship is given to an outstanding and highly motivated (and possibly unconventional) young performer of medieval music who seeks to widen their experience through more advanced study and/or auditions in Europe.

The scholarship winner is chosen by a jury of musicians who knew or worked with the great medieval music specialist and teacher, Barbara Thornton (1950–1998), who went to Europe from New York in 1970 to study early music. She later co-founded the medieval music ensemble Sequentia with Benjamin Bagby in 1977.