Denine LeBlanc

Denine LeBlanc has performed traditional and contemporary concerts across the United States and in Brazil, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Poland. In October 2015, she co-founded les six, a woodwind-and-piano sextet that performs regionally each semester. Her CDs include God Loves the French, a memorial to her late father, Douglas LeBlanc; For Michelle an album honoring her late sister, the esteemed equine specialist, Dr. Michelle LeBlanc, and The Sun Shines Bright and Weep no More which feature original music by Kentucky composers.

 
 

She holds a D.M.A. from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, a M.M. from the University of Louisville, and a B.M. from the Clevland Institute of Music. She has taught both in the Catholic and Public school systems of Louisville, KY and at the Community Music Program at the University of Louisville for over 35 years.

Dr. LeBlanc is the proud mother of four children and two beautiful granddaughters. She lives in the historic district of Old Louisville.

 
 

CV - Professional Information

EDUCATION

DMA Piano Performance (Minor in Music History) University of Cincinnati,  1989
MM Applied Piano University of Louisville, 1978
BM Applied Piano (Minor in Organ) Cleveland Institute of Music, 1975

PUBLICATIONS
The Teaching Philosophy of Isidor Philipp, Clavier, 1994

Isidor Philipp's Famous Connections, American Music Teacher, August-September, 1993

The Life and Work of Isidor Philipp, Doctoral Dissertation, 1989, UMI 9003215

GRANTS
Kentucky Arts Council 2003
Kentucky Foundation of Women 2003
University of Louisville Women's Center 2003

CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS
Concerts of traditional classical and new music throughout the north and southeast states.

CDs:
God Loves the French, 2021
For Michelle, 2014
Weep no More, 2010
The Sun Shines Bright, 2004

TOURS:
Poland 2017
Croatia 2017
France 2006, 2008 and 2010
Germany 2010, 2011
Hungary 2011      
Italy 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015 Brazil 2024,2025, 2026 Canada 2025, 2026

Commissions and Premieres of New Works

  • Cloudbows Fred Speck

  • Dances and Interludes '26 Thomas Couvillon (sextet)

  • Fantasia Exotica Larry Barnes (sextet)

  • The Manhattan Suite Davide Zannoni

  • Meditations '25 Thomas Couvillon

  • Mixed Company Larry Barnes (sextet)

  • Monochrome Accumulation (Ultramarine Blue) Marc Satterwhite

  • Objectionable Variations Giuseppe Lupis

  • One Never Knows Gabe Evans

  • Piano Flamboyant Marc Satterwhite

  • Preludes from Panagea Larry Barnes

  • RAGE over a Lost Parking Space Dave Deason (sextet)

  • Reflections Rachel Grimes

  • Saints Rising Carrie Leigh Page

  • Stain Glass Slumber Gabe Evans (sextet)

  • Suite for Piano Richard Burchard

  • There is Always Light Matthew Herman