Deena Winters

● Currently performs as a Nordstrom Pianist.

● Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, Brigham Young University.

● Former staff accompanist for BYU’s School of Music.

● Deena is one of the few pianists in Utah that works as both a ballet accompanist and modern dance musician.  She has worked at BYU as a dance musician and has accompanied almost all of BYU’s ballet and modern dance faculty as well as for guest artists such as Bill Evans, Paul Matteson, Keith Johnson, Ruping Wang – Taiwan Repertory Dance Theatre as well as former principal for Bolshoi Ballet, and dancers/principals with Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West, and Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre.

● Guest accompanist  2004 American College Dance Festival.     

● Has accompanied musicians and singers from all over the world including Broadway actors, Utah favorites Dallyn Bayles lead in Light of The World, and Joy Rodgers Gardner lead in Testament, Utah State Fair winners, BYU Concerto Competition  winners, and Crescent School of Music Scholarship winners, etc.

● Performed  while at BYU with the Salsa Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Jazz Combos.

● Pianist for BYU Women’s Jazz Choir under the direction of Kelly Eisenhower.

● Classical training with Robert Smith, Sandra Peterson, and Mildred Gerrard.

● Jazz training with Ray Smith, Steve Keen, Steve Call, Jeff Fergo, and Steve Lindeman.

● Twenty-four years private music teaching experience.  Some of Deena’s former students are current music majors at BYU or have received degrees in music from BYU.

● Former State Board Member of Utah Music Teachers Association.

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