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about douglas-jayd burn
He has appeared in masterclasses with Eric Larsen, Sonia Rubinsky, and Edward Newman. He previously served as an instructor at the University of Arizona under the guidance of Lisa Zdechlik, and as a Teaching Fellow at the Hartt School. Burn has adjudicated for the Tucson Music Teachers Arizona Study Program and the Reno Tahoe Piano Competition.
In Europe and the United States, he has performed with members of the Zürich Opera Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Deutsch Oper Berlin, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony Orchestra. Burn is a prizewinner of the 2023 Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Artist Competition.
He was selected as the Academy Fellow Pianist for the Talis Festival’s 2018 and 2019 seasons. Since 2019, he has performed with Richmond Ballet and accompanied works choreographed by Salvatore Aiello, Jerome Robbins, Tom Mattingly, Mate Szentes, and Ma Cong. Burn currently resides in Pittsburgh where he is active as an organist, director, freelance pianist, and ensemble singer.
He has previously served as Collaborative Piano faculty at Westminster College in New Wilmington, as the Director of Music at Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill, and the Director of the Pittsburgh Compline Choir; currently, he serves as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Mount Lebanon, and he is a member of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and Voces Solis.
Dr. Douglas-Jayd Burn, a native of Richmond, Virginia, began serious musical study at age 18 and holds degrees in performance from the University of Arizona, the Hartt School, and Virginia Commonwealth University, studying with John Milbauer, David Westfall, and Dmitri Shteinberg respectively, and studying organ with Ardyth Lohuis.
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