deanna h. choi
instructor: self-engineering your own voiceovers
Photo by David Cooper
Deanna H. Choi (she/her) composes original music for film & tv and designs sonic environments for live performance. Formerly a published researcher in behavioural neuroscience, she applies principles of psychology into her work. In 2021, Deanna was selected as one of six composers-in-residence to attend the prestigious Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre chaired by Lesley Barber and Marc Jordan. She has designed over 100 theatrical productions with companies across Canada including the Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Neptune Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Soulpepper, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Crow’s Theatre, The Grand London, and Theatre New Brunswick. She teaches sound design at the National Theatre School of Canada, UBC, McGill, and numerous other institutions. She is the 2020 laureate of the Pauline McGibbon Award for Theatre Design, the second sound designer in the award’s history. She is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada, Screen Composers’ Guild of Canada, and SOCAN. @deanna.h.choi