Christopher Deane

Christopher Deane is assistant professor in percussion at the University of North Texas. Previously he was the principal timpanist of the Greensboro Symphony and a regular performer as both percussionist and timpanist with the North Carolina Symphony. He has performed with numerous orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Deane's chamber music experience includes performances with the Aeolian Chamber Players, the Percussion Group Cincinnati, the Mallarme Chamber Players, and the New Century Saxophone Quartet. He is a founding member of the Philidor Percussion Group.

Prof. Deane has won both first and second prize in composition from the Percussive Arts Society. A number of his compositions are considered standard percussion repertoire and are played internationally. He has appeared as a performer, composer, or clinician at seven Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, and he is an Artist/Educator clinician for Innovative Percussion Company and Sabian Cymbals.

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--Intermezzo Weekend Concert, June 24, 2006 (UNF Percussion Quintet)