Frequently heard on National Public Radio in ensemble with leading soloists, Miss Thornburgh has performed in many major recital halls throughout the United States. Since 1981 she has given numerous concerts with soprano Judith Nelson, and with Dutch violinist Jaap Schroeder, most recently as joint residents at Colonial Williamsburg. Her collaboration with Jillon Dupree brings the spirited duo harpsichord repertoire to the concert stage. Soloist with the Carmel Bach Festival in 1985, she has also presented concerts and lecture-recitals on historic instruments at the Smithsonian Institution, Colonial Williamsburg, the Huntington Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Miss Thornburgh studied harpsichord with Alan Curtis and Gustav Leonhardt, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson. She had an independent major in Baroque Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and received her Masters in Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she specialized in harpsichord and fortepiano. From 1981 to 1982 she served on the music faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. In 1983 Miss Thornburgh co-founded Humanities West, an organization devoted to exploring our cultural heritage through interdisciplinary programs in the arts and humanities. As President of Humanities West, she has presented programs on 18th century Venice, Rembrandt's Amsterdam, Thomas Jefferson, Mozart, Handel's London, and Versailles.