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 U.S. She has presented research papers and recitals for the American Musicological Society, College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), Texas Music Teacher Association (TMTA), Texas Music Educators Association, and the Van Cliburn International Piano Institute. Her articles on piano literature and pedagogy have appeared in the International Journal of Musicology, Piano and Keyboard, American Music Teacher, Keyboard Companion, and the College Music Symposium. 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. Chamber Music, Keyboard Literature, Piano

To contact Professor Lora Deahl, email lora.deahl@ttu.edu.