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Review - Oregon Symphony, WuMan, and Rachmaninoff
James Bash reviews my subscription concert with the Oregon Symphony featuring Oswald Huynh, Zhao JiPing with Wu Man on pipa, and Sergei...
2 days ago


Review - Portland Chamber Orchestra New YEar's Mixology Concert
Latest review of my inaugural concert with the Portland Chamber Orchestra -- a New Year's collaboration with the mixologists of Loyal...
2 days ago


Review - Siletz Bay Music Festival
A review of my closing concert with the Siletz Bay Music Festival by James Bash featuring Nancy Ives, Paquito D'Rivera, and Daniel...
Sep 10, 2024


Review - The Rose Elf
A review of my run of the Rose Elf by David Hertzberg with Orpheus PDX by James Bash. http://northwestreverb.blogspot.com/2025/02/review...
Aug 26, 2024


Review - Dark Sisters
A review by James Bash of my run with Orpheus PDX of Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters. https://www.factsandarts.com/music-reviews/review-nico-m...
Sep 12, 2023


Review - The Oregon Symphony and the Firebird
I made my subscription debut with the Oregon Symphony in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Saturday, January 14, 2023. The review is...
Jan 23, 2023


Deanna Conducts with Omaha Symphony
Watch Deanna make her Omaha Symphony subscription debut with Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser. Also on this concert is the world premier...
Jun 29, 2022


Oregon Symphony appoints Deanna Tham as Associate Conductor
Today, the Oregon Symphony announces the appointment of Deanna Tham as the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor. In this role...
Jun 10, 2022


Announcing Assistant Conductor of the Omaha Symphony
Deanna Tham has been named assistant conductor of the Omaha Symphony effective July 2021! Deanna comes to Omaha after four seasons as...
Aug 31, 2021


Jacksonville Symphony’s Deanna Tham on the importance of music education
“The on-stage performance of a symphony orchestra is just the tip of the iceberg,” writes Deanna Tham in Sunday’s (7/5)Ledger(Lakeland,...
Jul 8, 2020


Announcing Music Director for Union Symphony Orchestra
The Union Symphony Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Deanna Tham asMusic Directorfor Union Symphony Orchestra....
May 5, 2020


Conducting Electricity: Kids learn more than music in youth orchestras
There is a special moment in every musical performance, right before the sound starts. The conductor takes in a breath and absorbs the...
Feb 27, 2020


Conducting Electricity: Nutcracker requires intimate conversation between musicians, dancers
One of the oldest and most visceral forms of arts collaboration is the one between music and dance. The postures of our bodies inform so...
Dec 1, 2019


JSYO's new principal conductor talks training, being a woman in a male-dominated field
"Deanna Tham thought she was going to become a doctor. As far as she was concerned, that plan was etched in concrete. But things changed...
Jul 19, 2017


Acclaimed violinist to play with Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Youth Orchestra in special concert
"This year’s concert conducted by LYO Music Director Deanna Tham also features violinist Melissa White on a program with Verdi’s Overture...
Feb 2, 2017


Student chefs, musicians team for an evening to explore similarities of food and music on March 29
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Food and music have much in common, beyond energy and artistry. Each composition has flavor and texture, color,...
Mar 10, 2014


Amazing voices propel the intimate chamber rendition of Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Played as a comic opera, Don Giovanni unfolds as a playful, often humorous, opera that seamlessly uses the five member chamber...
Aug 12, 2012
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