Deborah Dunham

double bass

A member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years before she moved to the Boston area in 1996, Deborah Dunham has since performed with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras, Emmanuel Music and The Handel and Haydn Society. In addition she serves as a principal bassist for Boston Baroque, Cantata Singers, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Dinosaur Annex Contemporary Music Ensemble and Boston Cecilia. She has performed at many American music festivals including Aspen, Tanglewood, Grand Tetons, Mainly Mozart and, since 1993, plays annually as the solo bassist for the "Festival der Zukunft" in Switzerland.

She has recorded for New Albion, Mode and Tel Arc Records and, as a member of the Eastman Chamber Ensemble, recorded with Jan De Gaetani for the Grammy Award nominated Bridge Compact Disc Jan De Gaetani Sings Berlioz and Mahler.

Deborah studied the double bass at the Leopold Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg, Germany and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts. Her principal teachers have included Dennis Trembly, Stuart Sankey and Orin O'Brien.

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