Susie Thorne kicks off new Music as Medicine season

UNMC’s popular “Music as Medicine” series begins again next week, with Susie Thorne and Friends performing at the Durham Outpatient Center’s west atrium from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 15.

Thorne — a Hastings native — studied piano performance at the University of Colorado at Denver and vocal studies at the Academy of Vocal Arts.

Patients, staff, students and family members are invited to bring lunch and “let music be your medicine.”

Thorne’s performance is sponsored by Nebraska Medicine.

Here is a schedule of performers for the rest of the 2014-15 season:

  • Nov. 19: Robin High, piano.
  • Dec. 10: Central High School Choir.
  • Jan. 21: Adams & Cooley Rat Pack Jazz.
  • Feb. 18: Burt Street Individuals.
  • March 17: Omaha Chamber Music Society.
  • April 21: Omaha Chamber Music Society.
  • May 19: Omaha Chamber Music Society.