Deborah Dewey is renowned as an electrifying performer and beloved teacher. Critics have noted the “sparkling passage work,” “warm operatic lyricism,” “thoughtful interpretation,” and “sense of dramatic urgency” in her playing. Praised for her sensitive musicianship and technical mastery, she won the KMS Resident Artist Competition, the William C Byrd Young Artist Competition, the Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition and the Northeastern United States MTNA Competition, in addition to numerous local and regional competitions throughout her years of study with Margaret Ott, Theodore Lettvin, Donald Currier and Charles Fisk. She was a finalist in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the University of Maryland International Piano Competition and the MTNA National Competition.

Deborah has given countless solo recitals throughout the United States and in London, Mexico City and Thailand. She was concerto soloist with the Oakland Symphony, Flint Symphony, Spokane Symphony Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia, Peter Britt Festival Orchestra, Sammamish Symphony, and Central Oregon Symphony, among others. She has appeared at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Methow Chamber Music Festival, the Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series and the Russian Chamber Music Foundation Series. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio in Connecticut, Michigan, California and Washington. Four-hand recitals in Mexico City with Fernando García Torres, at both Palacio de Bellas Artes and Colegio de San Idelfonso, received effusive critical praise. She has given duo-recitals with Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, Toby Saks, Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel, the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet and Charles Fisk. With pianist Lisa Bergman, she formed the celebrated four-hand duo, VENTIDITA, and with Bergman and Natalya Ageyeva, the dazzling six-hand trio THIRTYFINGERS, captivating audiences throughout Washington State.

Devoted to the development of young musicians, she has been on the piano faculties at the University of Washington, Whitworth University, the Cornish Institute and the Yale School of Music. She is currently in great demand as a private and master teacher, competition judge, lecturer, and performer. Deborah resides in Seattle, Washington

She will be performing works by Debussy, Samuel Barber, and Rachmaninoff.

This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted