NEWS & press

Jan 23, 2023

Review from Oregon ArtsWatch

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

Jun 29, 2022

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 10, 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...

Aug 31, 2021

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...

Jul 7, 2020

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,...

May 4, 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....

Feb 27, 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...

Dec 1, 2019

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...

Jul 18, 2017

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...

Feb 2, 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...

Mar 9, 2014

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,...

Aug 11, 2012

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...