Dr. Diana Peoples

Diana Peoples is an active performer and accompanist. She has premiered numerous pieces at the Music for Now series and the Research on Contemporary Composition Conference in North Georgia and has enjoyed many collaborations with artists throughout the world. Diana has performed with the Rome Festival Orchestra/Opera, Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra, and the Southern Illinois Symphony. She is also an active chamber musician and has been a prize winner, including 2nd prize of the WRR Chamber Music Competition in Dallas, TX with the Clarke Piano Trio. Diana earned her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin and previously studied piano with such artists as James Sifferman, Mona Smith, Heidi Williams, Elaine Greenfield, Danielle Martin, and David Renner.  Dr. Peoples has been an adjunct faculty member of class piano and a staff accompanist for the Dept of Music at the University of North Georgia.  She is currently a worship pianist for Nazareth United Methodist Church in Winder, GA and enjoys spending time with her husband David and their four children:  Dallin, Tanner, Alana, and Logan.