Diane Wallace
Alto for Mother’s Word
Diane Wallace grew up in Dallas, Texas, singing, dancing, and acting. She studied music at North Texas State University, won a scholarship to the University of Oklahoma, and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor’s of Music. During college she joined the chorus of the Ft. Worth Opera and Dallas Lyric Opera. She acted in several musicals, operas, industrials, and plays in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, including a national tour of A Christmas Carol. In 1989, she and her husband, Kendall, also a musician, moved to Los Angeles, where they reside today. Diane continued her theater work in various musicals and plays, including Gilbert and Sullivan operettas with the Hillside Repertory Theatre at Occidental College. She was a member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale 2001-2006 under Grant Gershon.
Diane has been the alto worship leader/soloist at La Cañada Presbyterian Church for 22 years.
Favorite theater projects: Forbidden Plant, Esther the Musical, Songs for a New World, The Square Root of Love, Showboat, starring Alan Young of Mr. Ed fame, with the California Music theatre, and My Fair Lady, starring Noel Harrison, also with the California Music Theatre.
Favorite music projects: The Mom Song, lyrics to the William Tell Overture, Life Is A Ballgame, and singing songs from The Great American Songbook with various Big Bands and jazz combos.