Deon Nielsen Price (Degrees: Brigham Young University; University of Michigan; University of Southern California) is a commissioned and published ASCAP composer and author, award-winning pianist, recording artist, conductor, church musician, and veteran college lecturer. Dr. Price advocates for women in music and for living composers as a former president of The National Association of Composers, USA and of The International Alliance for Women in Music.
In Carnegie Hall on January 24, 2025, “War Ends/Song Endures,” a tribute to the valiant spirit of Ukrainians, will be performed by flutist Lindsey Goodman and pianist Claire Longendyke. On January 31, at the Clark Center for Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande, California, Darryl Taylor, countertenor, Chika Inoue, saxophone, Mary Au, piano, and the Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Brian Asher Alhadeff, will perform “Behind Barbed Wire,” Songs from To the Children of War, and “Kizuna” (Empathy) for the commemoration, Behind Barbed Wire: A Glimpse at Central Coast Japanese-American Life in World War II.
2024 releases include “War Ends/Song Endures” on In the Company of Music (Navona); song cycles Ludwig’s Letter to Eternal Beloved (Beethoven), Gallery (James Morehead), and To All Women Everywhere (Carol Lynn Pearson); and duos Three faces of Kim and Silver and Gold, performed by Darryl Taylor, countertenor, Phillip Harris, baritone, Amy Goymerac, soprano, Suzanne Duffy, flute, Douglas Masek, saxophone, and James Lent, Chesley Mok, Susan Azeret Davies, and Deon Price, piano, on Concert from Presidio Chapel (Cambria). Upcoming release: Oratorio CHRISTUS, recorded in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Visit: https://culvercrest.com
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