Diane Lipartito

Diane Lipartito, bassoonist, received her BA in music performance from Rowen University, where she studied with Lawrence Stewart. She also worked with Philadelphia Orchestra members Kathleen White-Vigilante and Ferdinand Del Negro, and later with Arthur Weisberg at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she earned her MM in music performance. Her interest in music improvisation led her to pursue studies with David Darling and Bill Schontz. Currently principal bassoonist with the TUNDI Productions opera orchestra, the Windham Philharmonic and both principal and second bassoon with PanOpera, she has also played principal bassoon with the Pioneer Valley Symphony, the Commonwealth Opera and the Williamstown Theatre Festival along with playing both principal and second bassoon with The Keene Chamber Orchestra and Raylynmor Opera. An experienced chamber and orchestra musician, she appears frequently in concerts in western MA, southern VT and southern NH. She likes to organize chamber music concerts and is always curious about new repertoire. Besides teaching bassoon at The Prindle School, she also teaches bassoon at Keene State College in New Hampshire and privately in her home in Holyoke, MA.