DEBORAH DUNHAM was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years before she moved to the Boston area in 1997. There she performed with the Boston Symphony and Pops Orchestras and served as a principal bassist for Boston Baroque, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Emmanuel Music, Boston Musica Viva, Cantata Singers, The Handel and Haydn Society, Collage New Music and the Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble. As principal bassist with Boston Baroque, she also recorded for Telarc Records. She commissioned and performed several works for the double bass, most recently Chant by Sheila Silver, and recorded twentieth century music for New Albion and Mode records. She was also the bassist in the Eastman Chamber Ensemble when it recorded with Jan DeGaetani for the Bridge compact disc "Jan De Gaetani Sings Berlioz and Mahler" which received a Grammy Award nomination in 1991.

Ms. Dunham has appeared at many American music festivals including Aspen, Tanglewood, the Grand Teton Festival, Kent/Blossom, Bay Chamber Concerts, Mainly Mozart, Musicorda, Bowdoin, and the Portland Chamber Music Festival.

In addition, she has played annually as principal bass at the Festival der Zukunft in Switzerland since 1993 and was a guest artist in 1997 at the contemporary music festival Musicarama in Hong Kong. Deborah Dunham moved to Houston in 2001 with her husband, violist James Dunham. She is currently enrolled in the doctorate program at the Shepherd School of Music and performs as an extra for the Houston Symphony Orchestra.