Valerie Dueck, Studio Pianist & Vocal Coach
Mission Statement
I believe it is up to us, as musicians, to delve into new opportunities and to search for new possibilities, no matter what the climate is and no matter what world we are living in. Because of what I’ve lived and the lessons I’ve learned along the way, I’m on a mission to help other musicians feel empowered to actively navigate and transform their lives so that they can boldly impact and change their world through their creative contribution.
Biography
Valerie Dueck is an internationally active pianist, who has distinguished herself as a solo and collaborative performer while living on three continents. She has prepared young singers and professionals in roles for such companies as Opera NUOVA, Wiener Staatsoper, Seattle Opera and Houston Grand Opera. She has been employed by the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, the Grand Thèâtre de Genève, Thirteen Strings in Ottawa, Schlosstheater Schönbrunn in Vienna and the Conservatoire de musique de Genève, and has been invited to perform in various festivals including the Music and Beyond festival in Ottawa, the Five Boroughs Music Festival in New York, les Fêtes de musique in Lausanne and Geneva, and three successive tours of China. Her performances have been broadcast by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Kazakh National Television.
Engaged as piano professor for the Conservatoire de musique de Genève, Valerie has also taught at the International School of Geneva, the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Art, and Haileybury Astana.
Valerie has partnered with the Association for Opera in Canada, Ensembl’Arts’ Digital Paths program and the National Arts Centre as a mentor, as well as the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society as an invited guest speaker.
Valerie is currently an Artist-In Residence for East Chamber Music's Art Song Labs for Emerging Composers. In 2020, Valerie created the online live interview series Well-Tempered Bernadette: A Piano’s Tale of 5 Cities for which she received a Canada Council for the Arts grant. Valerie and her new piano, Minerva, are currently living in Ottawa.