Valerie Dueck, pianist

VALERIE DUECK	SPECIAL PROJECTS
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Discography \| Performance schedule \| Dueck Three Performance Schedule UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Check back soon for a schedule of future performances. RECENT PERFORMANCES *Dueck Three* performed at the home of Shining Sung in New York City on October 24, 2008. The performance featured works for 4 and 6 hands by Mozart, Bizet, Rachmaninov and Peter Schikele. Ottawa Pocket Opera presented The Barber of Seville on Friday, November 7 & Saturday, November 8, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. at St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Avenue. Nadia Petrella, François Doucet, David MacAdam, Christopher Mallory, Ellison Owen Culp and Valerie Dueck performed this pocket-sized version of the opera. For more information, visit www.ottawapocketopera.ca. Military Wives Tea, German Embassy, Vienna June 17, 2008, Schubert Fantasie with pianist Tania Lenk House concert series, Vienna, Marida Kratokville, presenter; May 31, 2008, original piano duets with Tania Lenk 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,* Brahms Saal Musikverein, Vienna, November 21, 2007: 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, soprano, 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 Featuring Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer. Anne-Carolyn Bird, Paula Murrihy, Scott Murphree, David McFerrin, Jesse Blumberg, Valerie Dueck and Jocelyn Dueck *Hilde Zadek Voice Competition Finals:* Jesse Blumberg, baritone, grand prize winner, September 21,7:30pm Gläsernersaal, Musikverein. *Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival,* 2005, 2006, 2007, including “Piano Gala” and “Schoenberg Symposium” concerts: Shannon Mercer, Maria Knapik, Doreen Taylor-Claxton, Ross Edwards, Fraser Jackson, Stéphane Lévesque, Leonie Wall, Jennifer Swartz, Jonathan Swartz, Steven Larson, Simon Aldrich, Jocelyn Dueck, Martha Guth, Donnie Deacon, Margaret Munro Tobolowska, Guy Yehuda Dueck Three, tour of China, May 16–June 4, 2007. Dueck Three were invited by the Huihuang Entertainment Agency to perform a 14–concert tour in China that included stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. The tour was made possible with the assistance of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Musical Soirée: Austrian-Canadian &-American Societies, Vienna, Jan. 19, 2007: solo piano Dueck²: Jocelyn & Valerie Dueck piano, Saint Peter’s Church Classical Music Recital Series, New York City, January 9, 2007 Aus der Welt der Oper: Donna Ellen, soprano, Andrea Martin, baritone, Kirche St. Ilgen, Lafnitz, presented by Wiener Kursalon, September 23, 2006 Canada Day Celebration, Canadian Embassy, Zagreb, Croatia, July 2006 W.A. Mozarts Geburtstag Konzert, Passau, Germany, January 27, 2006 Dueck Three Pianists and siblings Byron, Jocelyn and Valerie Dueck grew up in Kleefeld, Manitoba, Canada. All three achieved success in piano from an early age, winning competitions, medals and trophies throughout Western Canada. Older siblings Jocelyn and Byron were well known for their collaboration as duet partners, and before long younger sibling Valerie was collaborating with them as well. Encouraged by their parents, Ernest and Lorraine, to pursue interests that brought them joy, the children went on to develop their musical careers through University studies. Often sharing common teachers, but rarely studying in the same cities at the same time, the trio rekindled their collaboration once their degrees were completed. In 2003, Valerie completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Ottawa. In the spring of 2004, Jocelyn completed her DMA in Accompanying and Coaching at the University of Minnesota. In the summer of 2005, Byron completed his PhD in Ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago. Byron, Jocelyn and Valerie are a trio of pianists who perform solo, four- and six-hand works for piano. They have presented repeat performances in Steinbach, Manitoba to sold-out crowds, as well as a concert in Ottawa, where they performed live on CBC Radio's All in a Day. Currently living in all corners of the world - Byron in Chicago, Jocelyn in New York City, Valerie in Vienna - each is enjoying the peak of their musical careers, and looking forward to upcoming Dueck Three performances in New York City, and Vienna, Austria. Visit www.jocelyndueck.com for more information about the trio. Back to top Discography HAIL: Canadian Art Songs Roughly five years ago, soprano Doreen Taylor-Claxton noticed a deficit in Canadian arts songs with text by Canadian poets. Discovering this was due to the severe copyright laws in Canada, Doreen made it her goal to connect Canadian composers with Canadian poets. The CD Hail is part of a larger project -In Need of Song - which seeks to promote distinctively Canadian art song that speaks to Canadian audiences of experiences they share, in a language they understand. An old truism holds that the best art songs are a marriage of a well-crafted text and well-crafted music. Logically then, the best Canadian art song would be a marriage of well-crafted text by a Canadian poet with well-crafted music by a Canadian composer. In her dream to make fully Canadian Art Song a reality, Doreen amassed a group of poets that were interested in having some of their poems set to song. She then presented these poems to several composers, who themselves chose poetry that spoke to them, and for which they created musical settings. This work-in-progress has so far resulted in four sets of songs, and many more groupings are evolving. With enough music to create a CD, Doreen set out to make this newly-created Canadian Art Song available to the public. Her longstanding collaborator, pianist Valerie Dueck, helped her realize this goal by recording these songs with her last summer. For more information or to order a CD, click here. SONGS OF INSPIRATION: A Feast of Canadian Choral Music Laurence Ewashko, music director; Sandra Graham, mezzo soprano, Cantata Singers of Ottawa THE SPINNING WHEEL Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano; Valerie Dueck, piano Pianist Valerie Dueck, left, with soprano Maghan Stewart.
bio \| special projects \| audio \| resume \| home

VALERIE DUECK	SPECIAL PROJECTS
bio \| special projects \| audio \| resume \| home
Discography \| Performance schedule \| Dueck Three Performance Schedule UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Check back soon for a schedule of future performances. RECENT PERFORMANCES *Dueck Three* performed at the home of Shining Sung in New York City on October 24, 2008. The performance featured works for 4 and 6 hands by Mozart, Bizet, Rachmaninov and Peter Schikele. Ottawa Pocket Opera presented The Barber of Seville on Friday, November 7 & Saturday, November 8, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. at St. Matthias Anglican Church, 555 Parkdale Avenue. Nadia Petrella, François Doucet, David MacAdam, Christopher Mallory, Ellison Owen Culp and Valerie Dueck performed this pocket-sized version of the opera. For more information, visit www.ottawapocketopera.ca. Military Wives Tea, German Embassy, Vienna June 17, 2008, Schubert Fantasie with pianist Tania Lenk House concert series, Vienna, Marida Kratokville, presenter; May 31, 2008, original piano duets with Tania Lenk 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,* Brahms Saal Musikverein, Vienna, November 21, 2007: 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, soprano, 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 Featuring Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer. Anne-Carolyn Bird, Paula Murrihy, Scott Murphree, David McFerrin, Jesse Blumberg, Valerie Dueck and Jocelyn Dueck *Hilde Zadek Voice Competition Finals:* Jesse Blumberg, baritone, grand prize winner, September 21,7:30pm Gläsernersaal, Musikverein. *Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival,* 2005, 2006, 2007, including “Piano Gala” and “Schoenberg Symposium” concerts: Shannon Mercer, Maria Knapik, Doreen Taylor-Claxton, Ross Edwards, Fraser Jackson, Stéphane Lévesque, Leonie Wall, Jennifer Swartz, Jonathan Swartz, Steven Larson, Simon Aldrich, Jocelyn Dueck, Martha Guth, Donnie Deacon, Margaret Munro Tobolowska, Guy Yehuda Dueck Three, tour of China, May 16–June 4, 2007. Dueck Three were invited by the Huihuang Entertainment Agency to perform a 14–concert tour in China that included stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. The tour was made possible with the assistance of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Musical Soirée: Austrian-Canadian &-American Societies, Vienna, Jan. 19, 2007: solo piano Dueck²: Jocelyn & Valerie Dueck piano, Saint Peter’s Church Classical Music Recital Series, New York City, January 9, 2007 Aus der Welt der Oper: Donna Ellen, soprano, Andrea Martin, baritone, Kirche St. Ilgen, Lafnitz, presented by Wiener Kursalon, September 23, 2006 Canada Day Celebration, Canadian Embassy, Zagreb, Croatia, July 2006 W.A. Mozarts Geburtstag Konzert, Passau, Germany, January 27, 2006 Dueck Three Pianists and siblings Byron, Jocelyn and Valerie Dueck grew up in Kleefeld, Manitoba, Canada. All three achieved success in piano from an early age, winning competitions, medals and trophies throughout Western Canada. Older siblings Jocelyn and Byron were well known for their collaboration as duet partners, and before long younger sibling Valerie was collaborating with them as well. Encouraged by their parents, Ernest and Lorraine, to pursue interests that brought them joy, the children went on to develop their musical careers through University studies. Often sharing common teachers, but rarely studying in the same cities at the same time, the trio rekindled their collaboration once their degrees were completed. In 2003, Valerie completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Ottawa. In the spring of 2004, Jocelyn completed her DMA in Accompanying and Coaching at the University of Minnesota. In the summer of 2005, Byron completed his PhD in Ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago. Byron, Jocelyn and Valerie are a trio of pianists who perform solo, four- and six-hand works for piano. They have presented repeat performances in Steinbach, Manitoba to sold-out crowds, as well as a concert in Ottawa, where they performed live on CBC Radio's All in a Day. Currently living in all corners of the world - Byron in Chicago, Jocelyn in New York City, Valerie in Vienna - each is enjoying the peak of their musical careers, and looking forward to upcoming Dueck Three performances in New York City, and Vienna, Austria. Visit www.jocelyndueck.com for more information about the trio. Back to top Discography HAIL: Canadian Art Songs Roughly five years ago, soprano Doreen Taylor-Claxton noticed a deficit in Canadian arts songs with text by Canadian poets. Discovering this was due to the severe copyright laws in Canada, Doreen made it her goal to connect Canadian composers with Canadian poets. The CD Hail is part of a larger project -In Need of Song - which seeks to promote distinctively Canadian art song that speaks to Canadian audiences of experiences they share, in a language they understand. An old truism holds that the best art songs are a marriage of a well-crafted text and well-crafted music. Logically then, the best Canadian art song would be a marriage of well-crafted text by a Canadian poet with well-crafted music by a Canadian composer. In her dream to make fully Canadian Art Song a reality, Doreen amassed a group of poets that were interested in having some of their poems set to song. She then presented these poems to several composers, who themselves chose poetry that spoke to them, and for which they created musical settings. This work-in-progress has so far resulted in four sets of songs, and many more groupings are evolving. With enough music to create a CD, Doreen set out to make this newly-created Canadian Art Song available to the public. Her longstanding collaborator, pianist Valerie Dueck, helped her realize this goal by recording these songs with her last summer. For more information or to order a CD, click here. SONGS OF INSPIRATION: A Feast of Canadian Choral Music Laurence Ewashko, music director; Sandra Graham, mezzo soprano, Cantata Singers of Ottawa THE SPINNING WHEEL Doreen Taylor-Claxton, soprano; Valerie Dueck, piano Pianist Valerie Dueck, left, with soprano Maghan Stewart.
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