Nashville Recording Artist & Grand Ole Opry Performer, DeAnna Roman - Formerly known as DeAnna Dawn Denning, has been performing since she was in grade school. In her thirty, (yes…we said 30,) years as an industry professional, she has graced stages worldwide as well as prestigious venues such as the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry. DeAnna started in her home state of Pennsylvania playing local country music venues with her band, November Dawn. By the age of fourteen, she was performing nearly two hundred shows per year and was hired as a guest vocalist in many local bands. Throughout the years, shes performed every genre from Country to Rock… Gospel to Jazz both as a lead, support and session vocalist.
In January of 2008, DeAnna relocated to Nashville where she signed on as the front-woman for the Nashville-based Euro Pop-Rock band, Difference United. The band toured China during the month of August playing thirteen shows in four cities during the Olympics. Their Xi-An concert was broadcast live on television for millions of viewers on CCTV. Difference United returned to Xi-An in December of 2010 for a small series of shows put on by the city's Cultural Trust.
From 2014-2020, DeAnna has served as the owner, band leader and lead vocalist of the Nashville-based VIP Event and Party Band, For a Good Time, Call…
Her debut EP, "DECADE" was released in April of 2016. "DECADE" sold every single copy in two days and received rave reviews from fans of all ages. DeAnna does plan to release new music, however, no follow-up plans are currently in the works.
She was honored with an award for Best Independent Commercial Voice Instructor by Parents’ Magazine in 2015, while teaching Voice, Songwriting, Performance, and Rhythm Guitar lessons both independently and through Jam Camp as well as Nashville’s Mobile Music Academy. She has served as Vocal Director/Alto for several Nashville and International acts and was proudly on staff as Worship Director at Oasis Church under Pastor Danny Chambers as well as Woodmont Baptist Church - where she later married Entertainment Entrepreneur Tanner Roman in October of 2018. DeAnna continues to be sought after regionally for her ear, intuition with vocal parts and leadership.
DeAnna has an entrepreneurial spirit and quite the sweet tooth. She took a side-gig as a chocolatier in 2008 and by 2010, she was cutting the ribbon in front of her artisan chocolate shop in the Factory at Franklin where she produced organic chocolates, wedding cakes and confections until 2012 when she moved to Bellevue, TN and rebranded as DeeLiCious. DeeLiCious now has three divisions and DeAnna has plans to expand into the wedding market with her final franchise in 2024.
She continues to be very active in the Nashville music scene performing weekends with her band, For A Good Time, Call… shooting video alongside her husband, Tanner, owner of ROMAN A/V, LLC, and managing her newest endeavor, Octavia Entertainment - A full-service resource devoted to helping talent find their place in Nashville’s vast entertainment industry.
DeAnna has had the honor of performing with the following:
Kevin Sharp
Mark Nessler
Shania Twain
Shane Minor
David Allen Coe
Lila McCann
Lorrie Morgan
John Michael Montgomery
Sawyer Brown
John Berry
Montgomery Gentry
Dwight Yokum
Deana Carter
Eric Heatherly
Anita Cochran
Brad Paisley
Randy Travis
Tracy Byrd
Don Williams
Confederate Railroad
Collin Raye
Ty Herndon
Mark Chesnutt
Ricky Skaggs
Ralna English
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Ronnie Milsap
ZZ Top
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Ted Nugent
Calvin Nowell
B. Reith
Ami Rushes
Danny Chambers
Fiona Culley
Emmylou Harris
Tripp Weir
Briana Tyson
National Anthem and O Canada for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia 76'ers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Josh Turner
Daley & Vincent
Alvarado Roadshow
Jimmy Fortune
Mo Pitney
Blackwood Brothers
Gospel Fest 2018/2019
Tours
1999-2007
Featured vocalist for Latshaw Productions – USA2000-2003
Corporate tours for Bayer Animal Health, VetSmart and BiLo Foods – USA2005
Supporting act and background vocalist for comedian, Charlie Prose – East Coast, Canada & Las Vegas, Nevada.2008 Olympic Games & December of 2010
Beijing, Kunming, Nanning and Xi-An, China
Frontwoman for Euro-Pop Rock group, Difference United
Theater/Acting/production credits
1995
Belinda Cratchit – “A Christmas Carol”1996
Overture Soprano, Angel and Dancer – “Jesus Christ Superstar”1997
Gracie Shinn – “The Music Man”2002
Extra – “The Mothman Prophecies”2010
Extra – Honeysuckle Hill Farm Commercial2010
Soprano – Music Video for Ami Rushes “There’s a Lifting of the Hands”2011
Customer #1 – HBO's “Temporary” Pilot2017
Production Assistant - Eulene - “Momma” Video - Ma2ula
2018
Camera Operator - Great White - “Live at the KY State Fair” - Roman A/V
2018
Bartender, Co-Producer, Prop Master - Sons of Daughters - “Ain’t Gonna be Lonely Long” video - Roman A/V
2018
Co- Producer, Camera Operator - The Springs - “Wanna Be That Someone” video - Roman A/V
2019
DJ, Co Producer, Prop Master - The Roads Below - “Good When It’s Gone” video - Roman A/V
2020
Lighting Design and Mix Engineer - John Hollier - “Live at Grimeys” - Roman A/V
2020
Co-Producer, Prop Master - The Springs - “Don’t Need Fixin’” video - Roman A/V
2020
Camera Operator - High Road - “Studio Live” - Roman A/V
2021
Assistant Director/Camera Op - “Reckless Love” - John Hollier
2022
Assistant Director/Camera Op - “Live at the Capitol Theatre” - John Hollier
2022
Assistant Director/Camera Op - “Heart Less” - Justine Blanchet
2022
Assistant Director/Camera Op - “Malina” - John Hollier
2022
Assistant Director/Camera Op/Editor/Dancer - “St. Germain” - John Hollier
2023
Assistant Director/Camera Op - “Cheap Sunglasses” - Justine Blanchet
Judah & the Lion – “First Fruits” EP
Production Assistant, Assistant Mix Engineer, Editor, CD Art, Vocal Coach, BGV’s and Percussion. Sound Stage – Nashville, TN
RyLee Madison – “Where Does the Time Go”
“Be Yourself” Single
Alto and Soprano BGV’s
Steve Fox Studio - Nashville, TN
Marquee Mayfield - "Breakdown”
Vocal Arranger, BGV & Assistant Mix Engineer on Never Enough, Breakdown,& X Factor.
Fiona Culley – “Daddy Lessons" Cover Video
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Robert "Dewey" Boyd Jr.
BGV'S and percussion
Forty-One Fifteen Studio – Nashville, TN
Ethos Church - EP
Production Assistant, Assistant Mix Engineer, BGV’s and Percussion
Sweetbriar Studio – Nashville, TN
Difference United – “Dream Again”
Raindrops – In the Silence – Dream Again – Be the One – More Than Ever
Lead Vocals and BGV’s
The Sonic Cellar – Nashville, TN & The Flood Zone – Nashville, TN
DeAnna Dawn Denning - “Dream Big” Single
Kitty Wells’ Studio – Nashville, TN
DeAnna Dawn Denning - “Christmas on 9th”
Knabb’s Attic Studio – Leechburg, PA
Pre-Production with Luke Wooten
Station West – Nashville, TN
Pre-Production at Starstruck Entertainment
Starstruck – Nashville, TN
Superstar Jones – “Retronome”
Lead Vocal and BGV’s on “All I Want”
Mr. Small’s Funhouse – Millvale, PA
Rocket Me Nowhere – “Some People Call Me Crazy” Single
Vocal Arranger/BGV’s
DeAnna Dawn Denning
“Good Girls” – “Jump Start My Heart” – “Wonderful Christmas” – “Little Lone Star” – “Somewhere In Love
Dave Hanner Studio – Pittsburgh, PA
Voice Actor for Sedecky Puppets
Pittsburgh, PA
Franklin – “This Life” EP
BGV’s, Strings, and Percussion
Ronnie’s Place at Black River Entertainment – Nashville, TN
“While the Gettin’s Good” – Demo
Lead Vocal and BGV’s
Buck on the Run Music – Bellevue, TN
“Meg and Mog” by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowsky
Voice Actor, Lead Vocals and BGV’s
The Coalmine – Franklin, TN
David DeMarco – “One More Surrender”
Alto and Soprano BGV’s
Craig Carter Studio – Nashville, TN
Duncan James – EP
Lead Vocals and BGV’s
County Fair Studio – LaVerge, TN
C.T. Blackmoore – EP
BGV’s
Sweetbriar Studios – Nashville, TN
“Victory is at Hand”
Soprano BGV
Velvet Cinema/ Michael Whittaker – Franklin, TN
Seth Costner – “From the Ashes”
Gang Vocal on “Everyone Lies”
Crystal City – Nashville, TN
Demo Vocal
“Look What You Did to Me” & “Letting You Go”
Mason Embry Productions – Franklin, TN
(Letting you go was recently cut by The Enderlin Chicks – Universal Records)
Stereophonic – “Live from the French Quarter Café”
Vocal Director, Lead Vocal on “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and Alto BGV’s
Latshaw Productions – “Big Band Christmas Spectacular”
Lead Vocal on “Oh Holy Night” – “New Year’s Eve” & “Gospel Medley”
Jeree Records – New Brighton, PASidney Murray
BGV - “Pretty Little Lies”
BGV & Percussion - “Soulful”
BGV & Percussion - “Blurry Pines”
Mobile Music Academy Jingle
Lead Vocal
Mason Embry Productions – Franklin, TN
Teachers’ Federal Credit Union Jingle
Lead Vocal and BGV’s
Jingle House - Greensburg, PA
DeAnna has modeled for the followinG:
Kangol
Baby Phat
Talbots
New York, New York Boutique
Tonya Elizabeth Photography
Christos van Nathan
Josh D’Aubin Photography and Design
Archie Carpenter
Life Event Imaging
JLo
Little Luna Vintage
Rodney Mitchell Salon and Style Bar
Roman A/V, LLC…
Gabe Ford - Ford Photography
Gayla Thompson - GT Photography
4115 Studio
Vocal Director and Coaching Credits
Oasis Church – Worship Director - Murfreesboro Campus
Woodmont Baptist Church - Worship Director
VLADA
Aaron Cox
Dr. Mark Williams
Stereophonic
Judah & the Lion
Franklin
Commercial Voice, Songwriting, Stage and Rhythm Guitar Instructor for Nashville’s Mobile Music Academy - 6 years
JAM Camp Instructor - Songwriting, A’Capella and Performance
Stats
Age – 39
Experience – 30 years
Weight – 130
Height – 5’2”
Eye Color – Hazel
Hair Color – Blonde (for today, at least)
Additional Skills:
Rhythm Guitar
Percussion
Choreography
Emcee
Radio Personality
Artist Styling
Artist Development
Booking and Management Services
Website and Merchandise Design
Session Coaching
Vocal Arranging and Coaching
Band Leading
Music Director
Worship Direction
DJ
Videography
Photography
Prop Master
Video/Photo Treatment
Foley Artist
Video Treatment/Direction/Production
Event Planning
Stage Direction
Theatre Design and Direction
Catering for DeeLiCious