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 – USA

  • 2000-2003
    Corporate tours for Bayer Animal Health, VetSmart and BiLo Foods – USA

  • 2005
    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 Commercial

  • 2010
    Soprano – Music Video for Ami Rushes “There’s a Lifting of the Hands”

  • 2011
    Customer #1 – HBO's “Temporary” Pilot

  • 2017

    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, PA

  • Sidney 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