Deborah is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. She recently won a section percussion audition for the Mobile Symphony. From 1999 to 2005, she played regularly with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also served as Acting Principal Percussionist with the Mansfield Symphony. Deborah has also performed with the Florida Orchestra, the Southwest Florida Symphony, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony.

Deborah is pleased to be an endorser of Innovative Percussion. She currently resides in Nashville, TN with her husband, Richard Graber, who is Assistant Principal Percussionist of the Nashville Symphony.

Deborah is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.