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Elisa Thorn

from Vancouver BC
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Elisa Thorn

Instruments: Harp details
Elisa Thorn is a harpist, composer, and teacher based out of Vancouver, British Columbia.
“Thorn is poised to emerge as a radical harpist, composer, and interdisciplinary arts innovator” (Georgia Straight, 2015)

Since graduating from the UBC School of Music in 2011, Elisa Thorn has become a much sought after addition to the Canadian creative music scene, known for her skilled use of extended techniques, electronic effects, and unconventional uses of harp. With the generous support of the British Columbia Arts Council she has studied composition with Dr. Lisa Cay Miller, music technology with Scott Morgan, and attended the International Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Center.

Her music, which combines influences of post-rock, jazz, classical and indie, is propelled by two artistic objectives: firstly, how to create music that is both abstract and accessible; and secondly, how to lead a band with harp in a way does not compromise sensitivity with it’s boldness, or aesthetic beauty with it’s curiosity. Interested in the intersection between composed and improvised music, she is involved with many projects including HUE, The Giving Shapes and Gentle Party, who released an album under the Phonometrograph label that was longer-listed for the Polaris Prize in 2017.
Her values in community have led her towards work as a curator and presenter, and much like her artistic musical inquires as a music creator, her inquisitions as a presenter focuses on how to create accessibility of challenging and/or abstract art through intentional methods of presentation. She ran an experimental interdisciplinary concert series called Sound(e)scape from 2013-14, co-curates a bi-annual mixtape called Bitch Tapes that features womxn-identifying artists, and has been running an outdoor house concert series called Woodland Patio Series since 2014.

An avid collaborator, Elisa has works with many diverse artists and has appeared on recordings from Tonye Aganaba, Mother Mother, Loscil, Khari McClleland, Foothills, and David Ward. In 2019 she enjoyed a tour to Japan with electronic artist Lief Hall, and attended a residency in Stockholm in February 2020 to collaborate with the Like The Mind ensemble. She was recently selected for a residency with master artist Vijay Iyer at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in May 2020.
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Past Events

08
Jan
2022
19:00
Cancelled - PIQSIQ, Elisa Thorn’s HUE, Tiffany Moses
Experience three diverse, memorable performances from these artists
$20-$25
Cowichan Performing Arts Centre
Event can be attended in person
30
Jul
2021
19:00 21:00
Wonderment Festival 2021 - Outdoors & In-Person: Elisa Thorn, Meteoric Twin
The 6th Edition of Wonderment opens with ambient and electro-acoustic performanc...
Free
Stage in the Park (Cameron Bandshell)
Event can be attended in person
26
May
2017
22:00
Dogs Do Dream & Sick Boss Album Release Party: Ron Samworth, Peggy Lee, JP Carte...
Sawdust Collector presents Ron Samworth's 'Dogs Do Dream' and Sick Boss in celeb...
$10
The China Cloud
Event can be attended in person
23
Apr
2017
15:00
CiTR 101.9FM/Discorder + CJSF 90.1FM Record Store Day Afterparty: Co-op, Jerk Ja...
CiTR Radio 101.9FM, Discorder Magazine and CJSF 90.1 present the 2017 Record Sto...
$5
The Astoria
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15
Aug
2016
20:00
Star Triptych (ft), Elisa Thorn, Laura Swankey, David Riddel
Star Tryptic is harpist Elisa Thorn (Vancouver), guitarist David Riddel (Toronto...
$12
Hermann's Jazz Club
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17
Dec
2015
20:00
Fusik: Worldly Approaches to Improvisation: Hildegard's Ghost, Sina Ettehad, Ama...
UBC Persian Club presents a spontaneous evening of folk-bending, culture-blendin...
$25-$30
Kay Meek Centre
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12
Dec
2014
20:00
Hildegard's Ghost, Fist Full O'Snacks, Meaghan McAneeley (Poetry)
Join Hildegard’s Ghost for the launch of our very first album, ‘Stories’, ...
$10-$15
303 East 8th Avenue
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11
Sep
2014
21:00 22:00
LIQUID TRUST: Susanne Clausen, Pavlo Kerestey, Michele Sereda, Ben Brown, Colin ...
Reflecting on accelerated states of labour, leisure and social interaction, Liqu...
$5
The Western Front
Event can be attended in person

Current Projects

Hildegard's Ghost
Harp
Elisa Thorn’s HUE
Harp

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