Suzanne Thorpe is an electro-acoustic flutist, improviser, composer, teacher and curator. Thorpe is a founding member of Mercury Rev, with whom she worked from 1989 – 2001, earning numerous critical accolades and a gold record for 1998's Deserters' Songs. Thorpe is a member of The Wounded Knees, with Jimy Shields, Core Craft, with J Mascis, The Forest for the Trees with Cindy Wheeler, and thenumber46 with Philip White. Thorpe has found herself sharing the stage with Bob Dylan, Hole, Spiritualized, Pavement, High Llamas, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, Porno for Pyros, Hum, Cat Power, Secret Machines, Ride, Sonic Boom, Cranberries, St. Johnny, Grand Mal, Sonic Youth, Davendra Banhardt, Mark Gardner and more. As an improviser, Thorpe has performed within many configurations, including performing with Chris Cogburn, Rob Cambre, David Dove, Annette Krebs, Maggie Nicols, Liz Tomme, Bhob Rainey, Michael Bullock and Linda Aubry Bullock.

As a curator, Thorpe has created the Edison Media Project for the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. EMP is a series of multi-media, interdisciplinary performances and events designed to allow the Museum's mission to be articulated, while exposing the history and tradition of the convergence of art, science and technology represented within its collection.

Currently, Thorpe is an MFA candidate at Mills College, in Oakland, California, studying electronic music and media with Chris Brown, Maggi Payne, John Bischoff, and James Fei, as well as creative improvisation with Joelle Leandre, Fred Frith, and Pauline Oliveros.

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