lumina no. 202 deanna oye, piano

 

tuesday, march 17, 2009, 12:30 p.m.

jean mcnulty recital hall

 

dr. deanna oye is associate professor of music at the university of lethbridge where she teaches studio piano, collaborative piano/guitar and music history. she is also currently president of the canadian university music society, the primary canadian scholarly association devoted to post-secondary music. she holds a doctorate in piano accompanying and chamber music from the renowned eastman school of music, a master of music in piano performance and literature from brandon university (manitoba), and is a graduate of the bachelor of music programme at lakehead university.

in addition to her busy schedule as a collaborative artist, deanna maintains an active career as a solo pianist. recent performances include two recitals on the university of calgary's celebrity series and an appearance as soloist with the lethbridge symphony orchestra in dmitry shostakovich's second piano concerto. as a new music advocate, she was a featured performer in a celebration entitled alberta keys: 25 years of distinguished canadian publishing, as well as at the happening new music festival at calgary's rosza centre and new music north festival in thunder bay, ontario. her performances have been broadcast on cbc radio two and national public radio. in 2006, along with violinist peter visentin and cellist tido janssen, she founded the university's piano trio, trio amaranth, which will tour western canada in the upcoming season.