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from USA
Dr. Shirley Diamond is an active performer and educator who is currently on faculty at Walla Walla University in Washington state. Previously, she has served on faculty at Central Washington University, Whitman College, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, Trinity Western University, Douglas College, Kwantlen University College and Indiana University.
She is an expert on saxophone music of the former Soviet Union and Russia and is currently working on commissioning works for saxophone and computer. Dr. Diamond has made numerous concert appearances throughout the United States, Western Canada and Eastern Europe. She gave the world premiere performance of composer Bruce Pennycook's work Dark Ethers, Bright Lights at the 15th World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in 2009.
Dr. Diamond holds degrees in saxophone performance from the University of British Columbia, the University of Texas at Austin and Indiana University and has studied with Harvey Pittel and Eugene Rousseau, among others.
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