Riverside Fine Arts Association presents...

Winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and a past guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, New York-based pianist/composer/arranger Deanna Witkowski has been heralded for her “consistently thrilling” playing and her “boundless imagination” (All Music Guide). Witkowski’s body of work includes eighty sacred music originals and arrangements, including two jazz Masses, choral works, and congregational songs. A frequent presenter on jazz and spirituality, Witkowski was the opening lecturer at the 2011 William H. Shannon Chair in Catholic Studies lecture series at Nazareth College. Fluent in Portuguese, Witkowski has toured three times in Brazil, appearing at the Recife Jazz Festival and Modern Sound in Rio de Janeiro. She has led her own groups at the Recife Jazz Festival and the Tel Aviv Opera House. In 2004, she toured internationally as the pianist for vocalist Lizz Wright; from 2006- 2016, she was the pianist in the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra. Witkowski holds a M.A. in jazz piano performance from the City College of New York and a B.M. in classical piano performance from Wheaton College (IL).

Student tickets are available for $10 at the door only.