CONTACT Deanna H. Choi www.splitbrainsound.com COMPOSER + SOUND DESIGNER [email protected] ADC | SCGC | SOCAN (+1) 343.333.4992 STAGE - composer / sound designer / audio systems designer / music director year title, writer/creator notes, recognition production company: director 2020 BAD PARENT by Ins Choi (on hold due to COVID-19) Prairie Theatre Exchange: Thomas Morgan Jones THE MUSIC MAN by Meredith Wilson (on hold due to COVID-19) Thousand Islands Playhouse: Stephanie Graham INDECENT by Paula Vogel (on hold due to COVID-19) Studio 180/Mirvish: Joel Greenberg BILLY ELLIOT by Elton John (on hold due to COVID-19) Neptune Theatre: Jeremy Webb THREE WOMEN OF SWATOW by Chloé Hung (on hold due to COVID-19) Tarragon Theatre: Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster THE EVENTS by David Grieg Canadian premiere Necessary Angel: Alan Dilworth CONTROLLED DAMAGE by Andrea Scott World premiere Neptune Theatre/bcurrent: Nigel Shawn Williams 2019 BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY by Canadian Premiere Coal Mine Theatre: Kelli Fox Stephen Adly Giurgis LET'S RUN AWAY by Daniel MacIvor World premiere Canadian Stage/reWork: CHILD-ISH by Sunny Drake workshop SummerWorks Festival: Alan Dilworth EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan PEC Festival Players: Dylan Trowbridge MacMillan with Johnny Donahue JUMBO by Sean Morley Dixon World premiere Blyth Festival: Gil Garratt AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts Soulpepper Theatre: Jackie Maxwell LILIES by Michel Marc Bouchard Nominated for Best Sound buddies in bad times/lemontree/whynot: Cole Alvis Design (Broadway World TO) THE HORSE AND HIS BOY by C.S. Lewis, World premiere Shaw Festival: Christine Brubaker adapted by Anna Chatterton TOWARDS YOUTH by Andrew Kushnir World premiere Project Humanity: Chris Abraham/Andrew Kushnir CHICHO by Augusto Bitter Dora-nominated production Pencil Kit Productions: Claren Grosz GRACE by Jane Doe World premiere Nightwood/Crow's Theatre: Andrea Donaldson THE PENELOPIAD by Grand Theatre London: Megan Follows 2018 THE LION, THE WITCH, & THE WARDROBE Theatre New Brunswick: Lynda Hill by CS Lewis/Joseph Robinette CINDERELLA: A FAMILY MUSICAL adapted Nominated for Merritt Award Neptune Theatre: Jeremy Webb by Jeremy Webb (best sound design) HAPPY PLACE by Pamela Sinha Prairie Theatre Exchange: Thomas Morgan Jones CHAUTAUQUA by Justin Miller Dora-nominated production Pearle Harbour Presents: Byron LaViolette THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe Critics' Pick: Best Production Howland Company: Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster HONOUR BEAT by Tara Beagan Betty-nominated script Theatre Calgary: Michelle Thrush MIDSUMMER by David Greig Thousand Islands Playhouse: Brett Christopher 1837: THE FARMER'S REVOLT by Rick Salutin Blyth Festival: Gil Garratt and Theatre Passe Muraille PARADISE LOST by Erin Shields World premiere Stratford Festival: Jackie Maxwell TWO BIRDS ONE STONE by Natasha World premiere TBOS Collective: Guillermo Verdecchia Greenblatt & Rimah Jabr MIXIE AND THE HALFBREEDS by Julie Dora-nominated production fu-GEN Theatre: Jenna Rodgers Tamiko Manning & Adrienne Wong SELFIE by Christine Quintana Dora-nominated production Young People's Theatre: Stephen Colella IPPERWASH by Falen Johnson World premiere Native Earth/Blyth Festival: Falen Johnson THE MONUMENT by Colleen Wagner Dora-nominated production Factory Theatre: Jani Lauzon 2017 FORTUNE OF WOLVES by Ryan Griffith World premiere Theatre New Brunswick: Thomas Morgan Jones LO (OR DEAR MR. WELLS) by Rose Napoli World premiere : Andrea Donaldson THE REVOLUTIONS by Rhiannon Colette World premiere Spiderwebshow: Kathryn MacKay ROPE RUNNING OUT by Raf Antonio World premiere lemonTree creations: Indrit Kasapi THE BOAT adapted by Ryan Griffith World premiere Theatre New Brunswick: Thomas Morgan Jones ALIEN CREATURE by Linda Griffiths Theatre Passe Muraille: Jani Lauzon THE DEATH OF MRS. GANDHI by Kawa Ada World premiere Next Stage Theatre Festival: Kawa Ada 2016 LAURIER by Thomas Morgan Jones World premiere Confederation Centre: Thomas Morgan Jones THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE by Keith Barker World premiere Summerworks Festival: Eli Ham OSIA by Jijo Quayson World premiere Summerworks Festival: Brad Fraser FILM/TV - composer 2020 RECEIVER (short) Interlock Pictures: Cavan Campbell 2019 STEP INTO MY OFFICE (short) Start the Picture: Zach Closs 2018 PREY (short) Dresser Drawer: Vivien Endicott-Douglas INTERACTIVE / MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE - sound designer & composer 2020 WHAT BRINGS YOU IN TODAY workshop in development created & directed by Leslie Ting 2019 RELLA'S CAMBRIAN DREAM workshop in development dir. Christine Brubaker STAGE - associate/assistant sound designer 2018 JERUSALEM by Jez Butterworth Dora winner - Production Outside the March/Starvox: Mitchell Cushman A DELICATE BALANCEby Edward Albee Dora-nominated production Soulpepper Theatre: Diana LeBlanc THE WEDDING PARTY by Kristen Thomson Crow's Theatre: Chris Abraham 2017 A CHRISTMAS CAROL Premiere Ross Petty Productions: Tracey Flye VIMY by Vern Thiessen Soulpepper Theatre: Diana LeBlanc CONFEDERATION & RIEL by Michael Hollingsworth Videocabaret/Soulpepper: Deanne Taylor THE BOY IN THE MOON by Emil Sher World premiere Crow's Theatre: Chris Abraham UNHOLY by Diane Flacks World premiere Nightwood Theatre: Kelly Thornton 2016 SLEEPING BEAUTY Premiere Ross Petty Productions: Tracey Flye FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS Dora Winner - Production Soulpepper Theatre: Weyni Mengesha THE INCIDENT AT VICHY by Arthur Miller Soulpepper Theatre: Alan Dilworth MACBETH by William Shakespeare Stratford Festival: Antoni Cimolino FILM/TV - assistant composer 2020 CLOSE TO NOWHERE (short) Independent (Matt Davis, composer) 2017 LITTLE PEOPLE (Season 2) Hit Entertainment/Sprout (Matt Davis, composer) EDUCATION 2015 Queen's University Bachelor of Science, Hons. Neuroscience (major); Drama (minor) 2011 Royal Conservatory of Music National Gold Medal ARCT Violin Performance diploma BIOGRAPHY Deanna H. Choi is a sound designer and composer based in . Through her company, SPLIT BRAIN SOUND, she designs sound and audio systems for theatrical productions, ranging from independent new works in black box studios to large-scale musicals in major venues. She writes original music for film, plays, dance, and multimedia installations, with an emphasis on orchestral, electronic, and vocal scores. She teaches workshops in sound design (Paprika Festival, AMY Project) and aims to make the discipine more accessible to women, gender minorities, and other underrepresented groups. She has been featured in conversation in the Canadian Theatre Review, nominated for awards for sound design (Pauline McGibbon, Robert Merritt), and won 3rd prize for her composition for string quartet at the International Media Sound Hamburg Young Talent Competition. Choi began her artistic career as a classical violinist, having performed as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber musician across North America in venues such as Koerner Hall, Byng Hall at Stanford, the National Arts Centre, and the Isabel Bader Centre in Kingston. Choi graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music with the national gold medal in violin performance, and was a multiple winner at the Canadian Music Competitions and Ontario Music Festivals. Choi studied violin with Jonathan Crow (Toronto Symphony), Tibor Vaghy (Vaghy Quartet), and Jerry Csaba (NAC Orchestra). She has participated in artist residencies at the Banff Centre, National Arts Centre, Domaine Forget, Stanford University, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. She has taught as a guest instructor at Sistema Toronto, the Heifetz Institute in Staunton, Virginia, Shad Valley International, and McGill University.

Choi collaborates frequently with other artists to create new work, including WAKE with Aria Evans (with support from the Ontario Arts Council), and LOVE YOU WRONG TIME with Maddie Bautista (with support from the Canada Council, Soulpepper, Studio 180, and fu-GEN Theatre). Deanna was a member of fu-GEN Theatre's KITCHEN Interdisciplinary Artist residency in 2018.

Choi's psychological research spanned from animal models in neuroplasticity to music cognition in Alzheimer’s patients, funded by numerous National Science and Engineering Research Council grants. She published her findings in peer-reviewed journals (Neural Plasticity, Frontiers in Psychology) and presented them at regional and national conferences, including a talk at TEDxQueen’s that combined live music, storytelling, and research. Choi applies principles of auditory and cross-modal perception to her artistic designs, and seeks to further bridge perceptual psychology, behavioural neuroscience, and performance.