Biography
As seen on FOX, NBC and ABC, diverse artist Deborrah Wyndham, a jazz/contemporary concert pianist/composer and also a beautiful folk singer-songwriter/guitarist, has fascinated listeners in over 2,700 performances during the last ten years and more. Described by her jazz peers as "a cross between Liberace and Bill Evans", her live piano concerts bring unexpected satisfaction to both audiences seeking classical sounds and jazz sentiment. Having earned her classical edge from training during youth, in a style uniquely her own she bridges the gap between the two diverse genres as she weaves seamlessly in and out of them.
Although known mostly these days as a very accomplished and bold pianist and composer, Deborrah actually began her performing career as a folk singer/guitarist doing Celtic, blues, folk, pop and alternative-folk music. She writes moving songs that convey honesty, wit and insight, sung with an almost ethereal, sweet-sounding voice that always leaves the room silent wherever she performs. With radio and television appearances and enthusiastic listeners from all over the world, Deborrah offers something for every musical taste. In addition to her compelling performances as a folk singer, her original instrumental piano compositions, a fusion of contemporary classical and jazz styles, are hauntingly beautiful. She also performs on the piano her own arrangements of music of other genres including stride, ragtime, pop, etc. Deborrah has recorded four solo piano CDs and one EP with guitar and vocals. She received an Honorable Mention from Billboard Magazine in 2004 for one of her songs written for guitar. Featured in NH Mirror Magazine in 2008, she has also been commended in ecstatic reviews from other publications and by her adoring fans. For several months in 2008, Deborrah had the second highest rating out of 32,000 artists on CNET (now "last.fm"), one of the largest internet music sites where her music earned several hundred plays every week and applauding reviews from daily listeners. Audiences have repeatedly described her piano playing as sounding "like four hands". Recent releases include her debut CD of all original piano music, "Piano Compositions".
With virtuosity and an unparalleled elegance rarely seen today by young artists, many frequently ask if Deborrah is a graduate of Juilliard or Berklee, though she studied piano only in her youth for five years beginning at age eight. Within two years she began performing difficult ragtime pieces. Later on she discovered jazz from fellow musicians and her original music has since developed into her strikingly distinct sound of hints of jazz colors merged with classical refinement. Deborrah learned guitar on her own and from family members, quickly becoming proficient on the instrument, and within a short amount of time after, was singing in clubs and coffee houses all throughout the New England states. Deborrah has sung in many venues in the Northeast and the Midwest. A natural performer, she has a warm presence on stage and enjoys playing and arranging songs that possess an other-worldly quality, unpredictable and unconventional. Many listeners have difficulty labeling her genre because of this. As an extremely versatile artist, Deborrah performs for all ages as a jazz/contemporary pianist on the concert stage, and also as a folk singer-songwriter/guitarist in clubs and coffee houses.