Pianist Deanna Oye is Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Lethbridge where she teaches Studio Piano and Collaborative Piano, and also teaches with the UofL Conservatory of Music. She holds a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), where she studied with Dr. Jean Barr, and has given solo and collaborative performances throughout Canada, the U.S., Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan. In addition, her work has been broadcast on CBC Radio Two and National Public Radio in the United States. She is a founding member of the piano ensemble, FOURtitude, with colleagues Cheryl Emery-Karapita, Carolyn Herrington, Kevin Ngo, and Brad Parker, and The Unconventional Trio with brass colleagues Josh Davies and Nick Sullivan. The members of FOURtitude are on faculty each summer at the Lethbridge Piano Intensive (LPI), a fun and enriching program for pianists ages 7-12, 13-20, and adults www.ulethbridge.ca/music-conservatory/summer-programs.

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 develop skills of high-level musical partnership with singers and other instrumentalists. Deanna's piano students have achieved success in a variety of music endeavours, including performance and musicology studies at masters and doctoral levels, collaborative pianist positions, piano competitions, and private and public school teaching, among many other career paths. In addition to frequent master class teaching and adjudicating, she is often invited to give career talks to aspiring young musicians. She is an enthusiastic advocate for new music and music in interdisciplinary contexts, with special interest in helping her students make connections between piano performance and their other passions.