Lora Deahl
Lora Deahl is Professor of Piano and Keyboard Literature at
Texas Tech University.
She was named U.S. Presidential Scholar from her
native state of Hawaii under President Lyndon Johnson and
was a National Merit Scholarship recipient at the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music.
She received graduate degrees with highest honors
from Indiana University and the University of Texas at
Austin. Dr.
Deahl has appeared as concerto soloist with the Honolulu,
Lubbock, Texas Tech University, and Southwest Symphony
Orchestras and has performed numerous solo and chamber music
concerts throughout the continental U.S., Canada, Hawaii,
South Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
She has published articles on topics related to piano
literature and pedagogy in the International Journal of
Musicology, Piano and Keyboard, College Music Symposium,
American Music Teacher, and Keyboard Companion; presented
papers on related topics at national and international
meetings of the North American Society for the Study of
Romanticism, American Conference on Romanticism, European
Biennial Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music,
International Conference on Romanticism, Hawaii
International Conference onArts and Humanities, World Piano
Conference, College Music Society, and American
Musicological Society; and given lecture-recitals at
meetings of the Texas Music Teachers Association, Music
Teachers Association of California, the Van Cliburn
International Piano Institute, Music Teachers National
Association, the New Mexico Music Teachers Association, and
Texas Music Educators Association.
In 1995, she was named Outstanding Collegiate Teacher
of the Year by the Texas Music Teachers Association.
She is also an elected member of Texas Tech
University’s Teaching Academy, an honorary designation for
master teachers of that institution.
To contact Professor Lora Deahl, email lora.deahl@ttu.edu.