DIANE MALTESTER

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ORCHESTRAL POSITIONS

Assistant Principal, second and E-flat clarinet, Oakland East Bay Symphony, 1981-present

Principal clarinet, Napa Valley Symphony, 1990-present

Principal clarinet, Oakland Ballet and Diablo Ballet

Principal clarinet, Fremont-Newark Philharmonic, 1974-present

Principal clarinet, Vallejo Symphony, 1988-present

Principal clarinet, Festival Opera, 1990-present

First call for various symphonies including the Mozart Festival, Marin Symphony, the Honolulu Symphony, the San Francisco production of “Phantom of the Opera”

Studio clarinetist

PEDAGOGY

Clarinet instructor, St. Mary’s College, 2012 to present

Clarinet instructor, California State University, East Bay, 2006 to present.

Woodwinds instructor, chamber ensemble, theory, and music history, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA., 1980 to present.

Private clarinet instructor and woodwind clinician at various Bay Area schools, 1970 to present.

Clarinet instructor, California State University, Sacramento, sabbatical replacement, 2006

Clarinet instructor, University of California, Davis 2004-05

Clarinet instructor, Young Musicians Program, University of California, Berkeley, 2006

Los Medanos Concert Band conductor, sabbatical replacement, 1996 and 2004

Co-conductor of the Diablo Wind Symphony, 1997 to present

Guest clinician, coach, and soloist for the California Chamber Ensemble Association, 1999

Guest clinician for the California Music Educators Association Bay Section Winter Conference, 1998

Resident clarinet clinician, Pacific Basin Band Festival, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986 to 1991

Clarinet faculty member, Meadowood/Cazadero Music Camp, 1981-86

Woodwind Chairperson for the Music Teacher's Association of California, 1990-199

Authored Clarinet Syllabus for the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC)

CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Founding member of the Muir Trio, professional chamber ensemble

Guest Artists for the National Harp Convention, 2006

Founding member of the Emerald Ensemble, sponsored by Columbia Artists, Inc.

Guest Artists, for the California Music Teachers’ Convention, 2005

Founding member of the Trio Con Brio, professional chamber ensemble, European tour, 1984 and Southern California, 1986

UC Davis Chamber Players and Empyrean Ensemble, 1990-1998

California State University, East Bay, and Los Medanos College Faculty Recitals

Member of Oakland Symphony Chamber Ensemble

Composers’ Incorporated Chamber Performer

Old First Church Concert Series, San Francisco

Trinity Chamber Ensemble, Berkeley

San Francisco Community Center Chamber Series

Winds of Change, San Francisco

Oakland Symphony Sound Spectrum Contemporary Ensemble

Delta Chamber Players

Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players

Berkeley Piano Club

WORKS PREMIERED

Concerto for Clarinet, Martin Rokeach

Concerto for Clarinet, Rafael Hernandez

Sonata for Clarinet, Aviata for E-flat Clarinet, and several other works Nancy Bachmann

Deodar for solo clarinet, Robert Basart

Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra, Durwynne Hsieh

Concerto Giocoso for E-flat Clarinet and Orchestra, Jerome Neff

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Jack Mason

GENERAL EDUCATION

Lifetime Community College Teaching Credential, 1988

Master in Arts degree in Music Performance, Cal-State University, Hayward, 1984

Bachelor in Arts degree in Music, Cal-State University, Hayward, 1977

CLARINET MENTORS

Studied clarinet with Rosario Mazzeo, former member of the Woodwind Department of the New England Conservatory of Music and former principal clarinet, Boston Symphony, selected to study by audition, 1977-1997

Studied clarinet with David Breeden, principal clarinet, San Francisco Symphony, 1976-77

Studied clarinet with William Wohlmacher, professor at Cal-State Hayward, 1972-76

Studied clarinet with Rudolph Tapiro, principal clarinet, Oakland Symphony, 1970-72

MEMBERSHIPS

Music Teachers’ Association of California

California Music Educators Association

Musicians' Union Local No.6

International Clarinet Society