Diana Haskell
Diana Haskell joined the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Clarinet and Wilfred and Ann Lee Konneker Chair in September 2003. Prior to coming to St. Louis, Ms. Haskell was Principal Clarinet with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 2001-03 and Assistant Principal Clarinet with the MSO from 1991-2001. She performed with the MSO as soloist on numerous occasions as well as with orchestras throughout the United States and served as Principal Clarinet of the Santa Fe Opera.
As a result of being a finalist in the 1986 Naumberg International Competition, Ms. Haskell performed a solo recital in Carnegie Hall. Since that time, her international appearances have included concerts in Cuba, Europe and Japan. Ms. Haskell was
Principal Clarinet for the Grammy award-winning recording of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra, an opera directed by Gian Carlo Menotti and produced by New World Records.
Ms. Haskell has held the post of Principal Clarinet with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Savannah Symphony Orchestra and Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Festival in Boulder and Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds. Ms. Haskell has taught at SUNY-Buffalo, Houghton College, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Wisconsin Lutheran College. Her students have received scholarship offers from some of the most prestigious clarinet programs in the country, including Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, USC, and others.
Ms. Haskell holds degrees from the Juilliard School and Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers were D. Stanley Hasty, Mitchell Lurie, and Joseph Allard.
