Deanna H. Choi

Deanna H. Choi (she/her) is sound designer for live performance and a composer for film and television. Formerly a published researcher in behavioural neuroscience and a classically trained violinist, Deanna brings a multi-faceted perspective to her work. She has designed over 100 stage productions with commercial, regional, and independent companies across Canada and the US including the Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Mirvish, Soulpepper, Ballet West (Salt Lake City), and many others. She teaches sound design at the National Theatre School of Canada and has been an artistic associate since 2022. She has won the Pauline McGibbon Award for Theatre Design, 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, a SOCAN Foundation Award, and was nominated for the Louis Applebaum Composer’s Award, a Canadian Screen Award, and four Merritt Awards. She is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada, Screen Composers’ Guild of Canada, SOCAN, Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the Canadian Federation of Musicians. Along with Maddie Bautista, she co-created and performed LOVE YOU WRONG TIME (a 'yellow fever' cabaret) to critical acclaim in Toronto and on tour in 2024.

Deanna is mildly obsessed with her cats. splitbrainsound.com