Summer Percussion Academy and Workshop
Christopher Deviney, Guest Artist

Christopher Deviney serves as principal percussion for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Prior to assuming that title in 2003, he played section percussion in the Houston Symphony. He has performed and recorded with the New Orleans Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Philadelphia Orchestra.

He has also performed at the Bard Music Festival and was a featured soloist with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra in Florida. In February 2007 he appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Emanuel Ax in Bartók’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion. Mr. Deviney has performed at Tulane and Temple universities, with the Network for New Music and Atmos Percussion Ensemble, and on the Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Series.

In 2002 and 2007 he was a featured clinic presenter at the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) International Convention, and he has presented clinics for PAS Day of Percussion events in Louisiana, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Deviney received his Bachelor of Music from Florida State University under Gary Werdesheim and his Master of Music from Temple University under Alan Abel.  In 2008, Mr. Deviney joined the faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music.