Thomas Dunn
Thomas Burt Dunn, born December 21, 1925, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, was an
American conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and music editor. Raised in
Baltimore, Maryland, he served as a church organist and choir director in his
youth. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Peabody Conservatory in 1946, a
master's degree at Harvard University in 1948, and completed further studies at
the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1959 Dunn became music director of the Cantata
Singers in New York City and founded the Festival Orchestra of New York, leading
the New York premiere of Joseph Haydn's C M...
