Debbie Brooks
Deborah Petty Brooks is an American cellist and music contractor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area[1][2].. She is an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas[3] and an advisory board member for the UNT College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the UNT College of Music.[4] Brooks has contracted orchestras for Luciano Pavarotti, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and other artists.[5]
Career[edit]
Formal Education[edit]
Debbie Brooks received her Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in cello performance from the University of North Texas under the tutelage of Adolfo Odnoposoff.[3]
Performing[edit]
Debbie Brooks has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony since 1976. She served as Associate Principal Cellist for 18 years. Brooks resigned her position in 1999 to expand her freelance and contracting career, but she still performed regularly with the FWSO until rejoining as a Section Cellist in 2010. She has also been the solo cellist for Casa Manana Musicals since 1981 and is in the core pit orchestra of the Dallas Summer Musicals. Brooks performs with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as an extra.[6]
Her debut Compact Disc entitled REUNION with Yamaha artist and composer Joyce Valentine was released in 2000, with Yamaha producing a Midi-Disc version in 2001.[7]
She was featured in the July 2018 Basically Beethoven Festival of the Dallas Fine Arts Chamber Players.[8]
Notable artists she has performed with include Bobby McFerrin, Bernadette Peters, Mark O'Connor, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Raymond Leppard, and John Williams. [7]
Contracting[edit]
Debbie Brooks has been the director of DFW Musicians Services LLC since 1999 and contracts orchestras and smaller ensembles for many events in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.[3]Brooks has contracted orchestras for Luciano Pavarotti, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and other artists.[5]
University of North Texas Faculty Member[edit]
Debbie Brooks serves as adjunct faculty in the Instrumental Studies and Music Business and Entrepreneurship departments at the University of North Texas, teaching orchestral excerpts.[3] She taught Career Development in the College of Music from 2009-2016, and currently participates in the College of Music Entrepreneur Internship Program,[4] where she has spoken about professional ethics, networking, and career development.[9][10]
Board Memberships[edit]
Debbie Brooks serves on the College of Music Advisory Board and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Advisory Board. Brooks previously served on the UNT Alumni Association Board from 2007 - 2012, serving on the Executive Board for the last two years.[4]
Philanthropy[edit]
Chemistry Scholarship[edit]
Debbie Brooks established The Lois Honeycutt Bodine Scholarship in Chemistry, a memorial scholarship in memory of her grandmother who was a student of UNT's Department of Chemistry and a member of the Chemistry Club. The Lois Honeycutt Bodine Scholarship in Chemistry was awarded for the first time in Spring 2017.[11]
Fort Worth Zoo[edit]
Debbie Brooks is a sponsor of the Fort Worth Zoo's A Wilder Vision campaign.[12]
University of North Texas College of Music Gala[edit]
Debbie Brooks is a platinum sponsor of the annual UNT College of Music Gala.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Now Hear This: an interview with Deborah Brooks, cello". Fine Arts Chamber Players. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ↑ Author, Guest (2018-07-06). "Sneak Peek: A Q&A with Cellist Deborah Brooks". DART Daily. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Faculty & Staff | College of Music". music.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Advisory Board Members | College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences". class.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Cultural Impact | North Texan". northtexan.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ↑ "Deborah Brooks". Musicians of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2004 TCU/Cliburn Institute Faculty String Quartet". www.pianotexas.org. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ↑ Cantrell, Scott (Jun 1, 2018). "As orchestras wrap up their seasons, these festivals feature piano and chamber music". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ↑ "Music Entrepreneurship Guest Speakers | Music Business and Entrepreneurship". career.music.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Debbie Brooks speaks about professional ethics, networking, and career development | Music Business and Entrepreneurship". career.music.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Donor Spotlight - Debbie Brooks | Department of Chemistry". chemistry.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "A Wilder Vision Donors". www.fortworthzoo.org. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ↑ "Gala 2019 | How to Give | College of Music". giving.music.unt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
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