LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, intermediate French and German, basic Czech and Italian

SELECTED PUBLIC PERFORMANCES

Aurora Polaris Salon Series, Vienna, March 10, 2008 Soundscapes Beethovensaal; March 6, 2008 The Elements Canadian piano music; December 18, 2007 Weihnachtsfest, soprano Donna Ellen; July 3, 2007 Dueck Three Canada Day Celebration; Ambassador’s Residence September 26, 2006: solo piano recital; April 20, 2006, soprano Maghan Stewart

Concert de la Francophonie March 12 2008, March 26, 2007, October 11, 2006; Salon rouge, Institut Français, Vienna

Ambassadors in Concert, Musikverein, Vienna, November 21, 2007: solo: Rimsky Korsakov Piano Quintet, Schubert Impromptu op. 90 no. 2, Puccini Turandot: Nessun Dorma! Gjorgji Cuckovski, tenor, Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Deh vienni, KS Olivera Miljakovic, soprano; November 14, 2006: solo: Chopin – Ballade no. 1:trio: L. Boccardi – Panis Angelicus, Ana Durlovski, soprano, November 18, 2005: solo: Liszt - Sposalizio, trio: Schubert – Der Hird auf dem Felsen Anna Baxter, soprno, Peter Schmidl, clarinet

Five Boroughs Music Festival: Thursday, November 1, 8pm, S. Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY; Friday, November 2, 6:30pm, Walker Loft Space, Lower Manhattan, NY.

Hilde Zadek Voice Competition Finals: September 21, 7:30pm Gläsernersaal, Musikverein. Broadcast by ORFI Radio, performed with First Place winner, Baritone Jesse Blumberg

Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, 2005, 2006, 2007, including "Piano Gala" and "Schoenberg Symposium" concerts.

Musical Soirée: presented by the Austrian-Canadian and Austro-American Societies, Vienna, January 19, 2007: solo piano recital

Dueck²: Jocelyn Dueck, Valerie Dueck piano, Saint Peter's Church Classical Music Recital Series, New York City, January 9, 2007

Concert l'occasion du XI Sommet de la Francophonie á Bucarest, Institut Français, Vienna, October 11, 2006, presented by Ambassador of Romania, S.E.M. Liviu Bota

Aurora Polaris Salon Series, including recitals at the Canadian Ambassador's Residence, house concerts, and Beethovensaal, Vienna: April 20, 2006, Sept. 26, 2006, July 4, 2007, Dec. 18, 2007, March 6, 2008. Features Canadian and Austrian musicians and composers, under the auspices of the Canadian Embassy in Vienna

Aus der Welt der Oper: Donna Ellen, soprano, Andrea Martin, baritone, Valerie Dueck, piano, Kirche St. Ilgen, Lafnitz, September 23, 2006

RECITAL & CONCERT TOURS

China, May 2007 — Dueck Three; May 2004, May 2005 with violinist David Stewart. Collaborative and solo piano tours of China including recitals in Canadian Embassy, Beijing.

Edinboro University, Pennsylvania, October 13–17, 2004, Canadian Arts Festival with soprano Doreen Taylor–Claxton, featuring debuts of solo and vocal/piano works by Canadian composers John Armstrong and Frederic Lacroix, alongside Canadian writers Alistair MacLeod, Sheldon Currie, and Beatrice MacNeil

Alsace, France, June 2002 – University of Ottawa Choir, rehearsal and performance pianist, under the direction of Laurence Ewashko. Performances in Betschdorf and Strasbourg

Eastern Canada, May 1998 – Providence College Choir, rehearsal and performance pianist, Dr. Henry Schellenberg, conductor. Featured solo pianist

DISCOGRAPHY

Hail: 2006, Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano, Valerie Dueck, piano. Produced by Gary Hayes. A debut of Canadian composers paired with Canadian poets

Spinning Songs: 2004, Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano; Valerie Dueck, piano. Produced by Shane Bryanton. Music by Schubert, Bizet, Morawetz, and traditional spinning songs

Songs of Inspiration: A Celebration of Canadian Music, 2005, Cantata Singers, Laurence Ewashko, director; Sandra Graham, mezzo-soprano; Produced by Shane Bryanton

RADIO BROADCASTS

ORF1 Radio
Musikverein Vienna, Jesse Blumberg, Winner of Hilde Zadek Voice Competition, 2007

CBC Radio (National)
In Performance: Ottawa Chamber Festival: "Schoenberg: I Feel the Air of another Planet," November 2007
In Performance and The Signal: Ottawa Chamber Music Society, 5 Portraits: Jocelyn Morlock, June 2006 and July 2007

Music & Company: Hail: “Jack was Every Inch a Sailor” with Doreen Taylor-Claxton and Pascale Lafrance, May 2007

CBC Radio (Ottawa)
Ottawa Morning: All Hail Canadian Artsong, with Doreen Taylor-Claxton, 2006

All in a Day: 1 Piano 6 Hands! Dueck Three: Rossini Barber of Seville Overture, 2005

Artscape: Anita Walsh, violin, February 26, 2004, Dvorak's Romance op. 11 for Violin and Piano; Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano, January 29, 2004, Spinning Songs; Anita Walsh, violin, January 25, 2003; Prokofiev: Sonata, with Amiele Joannisse, flute, 2003

ENSEMBLE WORK

Die Fledermaus: Repetiteur for Schloss Schönbrunn production with conductor Herbert Mogg, July 2007, Vienna

Patience, Gilbert and Sullivan, rehearsal pianist for leads, Savoy Society production, 2005

Cantata Singers Concert featuring music by Canadian composers; Laurence Ewashko, conductor, guest soloist mezzo-soprano Sandra Graham, November 14, 2003

University of Ottawa Orchestra, Schnittke Concerto grosso no.1, (harpsichord and prepared piano), David Currie, conductor, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Ottawa; Hart House, Toronto, February 7, 21, 2003

University of Ottawa Baroque Ensemble music for tenor, flute and harpsichord by Graun and Kusser, Freiman Hall, Ottawa, November 29, 2002

Into the Woods, Steven Sondheim. Rehearsal and pit pianist, produced by Canadian National Institute for the Blind, March 2001

International British School Concert, Rehearsal and performance pianist for year-end concerts, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2000

Providence College Choir, Rehearsal and performance pianist, Dr. Henry Schellenberg, conductor, 1998, 1993-1994



PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Official Accompanist for the Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb Festspielstadt Passau, April 2007

Collaborator with singers and instrumentalists in recitals, auditions and exams from the University of Vienna for Music and Applied Arts, University of Ottawa, Academy of Music, Prague, Czech Republic, Brandon University and Conservatory, University of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Art, and Wilfrid Laurier University

Cultural Impresario for the Canadian Embassy in Vienna, including the development and inauguration of the Aurora Polaris Salon Series

Community Coordinator, Canadian Embassy, Vienna, 2006, 2007

Assistant Coordinator for Hugo Wolf International Symposium, University of Ottawa, 2003

Program Coordinator for Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals, 2001


VIOLIN EXPERIENCE

Private lessons, 1984-1992, 1994, Western Board of Music Bronze Medal, 1987, Southeastern Manitoba Festival Toews Trophy for Strings: 1987, '89, '91

Orchestra and Chamber Music experience: Brandon University Orchestra, 1997, Wilfrid Laurier Orchestra, 1995, Hannover String Quartet, 1992-1999, First violin, Winnipeg Intermediate Youth Orchestra, 1989-1999, Mennonite Community Orchestra, 1989, 1992, 1994


SELECTED AWARDS AND MENTIONS

DFAIT Grant Dueck Three Tour of China

Concours International de Musique de Chambre: Voix et Piano, Lyon Semi-finalist with soprano Maghan Stewart

Snjolaug Sigurdson Memorial Scholarship Piano Competition, Winnipeg, 2nd runner-up

University of Ottawa:
Zoya Solod Scholarship for Graduate Piano Performance Student
Academic Entrance Scholarship

Brandon University:
Brandon University Gold Medal in Bachelor of Music
Peter and Helen Kehler Award for Collaborative and Performing Excellence
Brandon University Concerto Competition Winner: Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos