Notice Board

Music at Noon Series
Deanna Oye and Brad Parker, pianos
Piano Music for 2 and 4 Hands
October 2, 2018
12:15 pm, University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome!

All hands on deck!  Come and experience music for piano solo, duet and duo with the U of L piano faculty.  The program will feature the musical storytelling of Debussy and Liszt, the dramatic dialogue of Mozart, and a virtuosic recasting of a theme of Beethoven by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Dr. Deanna Oye -- Biography

Pianist Deanna Oye is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta) where she teaches Studio Piano and Collaborative Piano, and also teaches for the UofL Conservatory of Music.  She holds a doctorate in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), and has given solo and collaborative performances throughout Canada, the U.S., Scotland, Germany and Japan. In addition, her work has been broadcast on CBC Radio Two and National Public Radio in the United States.  Recent performances have taken place at the University of Toronto’s Walter Hall, Bemidji State University (Minnesota), Texas Tech University, New Mexico State University, Lakehead University, along with mixed solo and chamber music at the Watanabe Junichi Museum of Literature (Sapporo, Japan).  As a performing member of the SoWeCa Chamber Music Festival, Deanna has shared the stage with internationally-renowned violist Rivka Golani, Israeli flutist Noam Buchman, and members of the Calgary Philharmonic and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras.

A strong commitment to teaching and innovation led to the development of the unique Collaborative Piano/Guitar course series at the UofL, which gives undergraduate pianists and guitarists the opportunity to learn fundamentals of collaborative music-making and develop skills of high-level musical partnership in preparation for intensive training at the graduate level.  Deanna’s piano students have achieved success in a variety of music endeavours, including performance and musicology studies at masters and doctoral levels, staff pianist positions and competitions.  In addition to frequent master class teaching and adjudicating, she is often invited to give career talks to aspiring young musicians.  

Dr. Brad Parker -- Biography

Canadian pianist, Brad Parker, has performed extensively as a soloist and collaborative pianist in the United States, Canada, France, Italy, and Haiti.  Recent performances include solo recitals in South Carolina and California, as well as collaborative performances with Pedro Diaz (English Horn, Met Opera Orchestra), Gabriel Goni (flute, Costa Rica Symphony), and Nancy Stagnitta (flute, Interlochen Center for the Arts), multiple events in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, as well as concertos with the Charleston Symphony and Lyra Vivace Chamber Orchestra.

Dr. Parker recently joined the music faculty at the University of Lethbridge as an Assistant Professor.  Previously, he taught at Charleston Southern University and Erskine College, both in South Carolina.  His passion for musical instruction led him to volunteer for several summers at the North Haiti Music Camp, on the campus of the Christian University of North Haiti.

Brad completed a Masters and DMA in Piano Performance at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, with further graduate studies in France at the Paris Conservatory.  He studied at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada where he earned a Bachelor of Music with Distinction.  His principal teachers include Rebecca Penneys, Dr. Heather Dawn Taves, and Jean Koerner.