Diana Dunn is having a fabulous time expanding her experience beyond the usual orchestral repertoire as the new second oboe and English horn player of the Atlanta Opera and Ballet Orchestras. Her positions with both orchestras began during the 2009-2010 season, commencing with the Opera's performance of The Elixir of Love and the Ballet's performance of Cinderella.

Though most of her work is in Atlanta, Diana lives in Birmingham, Alabama, where she teaches private oboe lessons and substitutes with several orchestras in the area, including the Alabama Symphony and Chattanooga Symphony. She also frequently substitutes as principal oboe or English horn player with the Huntsville Symphony, where her recent performance of the English horn solo in Dvorak's Symphony No. 9: From the New World earned praise in The Huntsville Times.

Currently, Diana is accepting new oboe students in the Birmingham area, near Mountain Brook and Cahaba Heights.

Diana, née Diana Owens, grew up in Harmony, Rhode Island. She completed her bachelor's degree in music performance at the Eastman School of Music in 2005, where she studied with Richard Killmer. Tired of the cold Rochester weather, she moved to Houston to earn a master's degree at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in 2007, where she studied with Robert Atherholt and won the Sallie Shepherd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement. During her college years, Diana participated in the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Banff Centre Masterclass Program, and the National Repertory Orchestra. By the time she left Houston in 2009, she was teaching 25 private oboe students in the public school system.

Diana lives with her husband, cellist Andrew Dunn, and their two adorable cats, Neji and Hinata. When not making reeds, she enjoys knitting, jogging the Jemison Park Trail, listening to audiobooks during her long commute, and cooking for friends.

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