Diana has been playing music ever since she could crawl up on the piano bench. Then, she joined a rock band. Then, she trained as a singer & composer, completing a BFA degree at CalArts, followed by a Master of Music in Opera singing & performance at UCLA. She spent several years deepening her practice with master voice teacher Fred Carama before moving back to Sonoma County, her home turf.
Resume Highlights:
EDUCATION
Summer School and Festival Songfest Los Angeles, CA 2019 Summer School and Festival Music Academy of the West Santa Barbara, CA 2016 & 2017 MM Vocal Performance University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 2016 BFA Performer/Composer California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA 2014
OPERA
Role: Title: Belcore L’elisir d’amore Center Stage Opera 2018 Mercutio Romèo et Juliette Center Stage Opera 2017 Chorus Manon Opera Santa Barbara 2017 Krušina (cover) The Bartered Bride Music Academy of the West 2016 David Second Nature (Aucoin) Music Academy of the West 2016 Escamillo The Tragedy of Carmen Opera UCLA 2016 Guglielmo Così fan tutte Opera UCLA 2016
CONCERT AND RECITAL
Composer: Various Inner Selfies: American Art Songs ArtShare LA 2019 G. F. Handel Alexander’s Feast (soloist) Antelope Valley College 2019 Gustav Mahler 8th Symphony LA Master Chorale/LA Phil 2019 Rand Steiger Nimbus The Industry/LA Phil 2016 Matthew Aucoin Three Whitman Songs Music Academy of the West 2016 G. F. Handel Judas Maccabaeus UCLA Philharmonia 2015 Scott Worthington A Different Infiniteness Hear Now Festival 2015 Gabriel Fauré Requiem, Op. 48 (Soloist) Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2015 Gloria & Walker Nightscape LA Valley College 2015 Gloria & Walker International Masterclass Festival. St. Petersburg, Russia 2015 John Adams The Wound-Dresser CalArts New Century Players 2014 Anne LeBaron Breathtails REDCAT 2014
AWARDS
Walter Jurmann Competition (2nd prize) 2016 Mimi A. Feldman Scholarship (UCLA Graduate merit Scholarship) 2016 CalArts Singer/Songwriter CD Competition 2012/2014
Like many others, her life was upended during the pandemic, and she experienced loss, hardship, and personal turmoil. Her experiences of grief, pain, marginalization, discrimination, and body shame catalyzed the development of practical & magical “athletic singing”, and a fun-based approach to personal growth & learning.
Now she is determined to help train the current generation of singers, songwriters, dreamers, and demon-slayers.
Some folks I’ve worked with:
Fred Carama
Marilyn Horne
Martin Katz
Warren Jones
Maria Fortuna Dean
Michael Dean
Carmina Escobar
John Harbison
Jake Heggie
Jean-louis Rodrigue
Gustavo Dudamel
Matthew Aucoin
Peter Kazaras
James Darrah
Brendan Hartnett
Brent McMunn