Diane Gray-Chamberlain,   Voice 

Music Assistant  

Whitman College Hall of Muisc 

Music Building Room 215

PH: (509) 527-4953

Diane Gray  -Chamberlain earned a  Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at Wichita State University in Wichita KS., and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Walla Walla University. For over twenty years, Gray-Chamberlain has sung with professional opera companies and toured as soprano soloist for various symphonies and opera companies across the United States and in Japan.  During the past ten years, Gray-Chamberlain has enjoyed teaching students of various ages, and besides an impressive performance career, she enjoys teaching music to her elementary and middle school students at Assumption Catholic School, and her adult choir at Assumption Catholic Church. Since moving to Walla Walla, Gray-Chamberlain has established a private voice studio and enjoys using her education to instill in others the love and appreciation for music that she received in her formative years.

Gray-Chamberlain has performed with Opera Memphis, Southern Opera Touring Co., Indianapolis Opera Co., and Nashville Opera Co.  Performance brought Diane to the Northwest where she has been featured soprano soloist with the Walla Walla Symphony, Whitman College Master Singers, Washington East Opera, Mid- Columbia Symphony, Consort Columbia, Walla Walla Chorale Society, Little Theater of Walla Walla, and Walla Walla Ampitheater Summer Musicals.

Some favorite operatic/musical theater roles performed include:  Papagena and First Lady, in The Magic Flute, Frasquita, in Carmen, Sr. Constance and Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, Aldonza and Antonia in Man of La Mancha, Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte, Susanna, in The Marriage of Figaro, Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Geraldine in A Hand of Bridge, Lola in Gallentry, Eliza in My Fair Lady, and Laurie in Oklahoma.  Oratorio performances include solo work in The Messiah, Elijah, and St. Matthew’s Passion, to name a few. A highlight of Ms. Gray-Chamberlain’s performing career was the invitation to represent the City of Walla Walla by singing a special Sister City 30th Anniversary Concert in Sasayama, Japan in 2002.