Diana’s professional career began with New York City Opera, singing in the regular chorus and performing small roles. She appeared extensively with the Brooklyn Bach Festival, New York Festival Orchestra, and Musica Hebraica. She served for a decade as vocal adjudicator for the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts (“Fame”) in Manhattan and was a consultant to the New York State Board of Education’s arts program. Diana is a founding member of Choralfest (Denver) and Amadeus Chamber Ensemble (Arkansas/Tennessee), both groups of premier professional instrumentalists and singers. She has appeared regularly as alto soloist with the Arkansas Choral Society and members of the Arkansas Symphony in performances of Bach’s St. John Passion, Bach’s Cantata #54, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, and Mozart’s Requiem. Diana has appeared with the Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut in Messiah, and the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble in performances of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Britten’s Abraham and Isaac, Bruckner’s Te Deum, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Diana is a regular contributing writer to violinist.com. She holds a B.A. from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.M. from the University of Texas at Austin.