“Diana Schmück…one of the finest chamber pianists on the scene…
playing with her ears as much as her gifted hands.”
Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times
Pianist Diana Schmück, a doctoral graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, has master and bachelor degrees from DePaul University and Wheaton College Conservatory. Active as a chamber musician, she is heard regularly on WFMT and at other Chicago venues with the Orion Ensemble (with whom she made two CDs) and the Daedalus Duo. Diana served as a collaborative pianist at Ravinia’s Steans Institute for Young Professional Singers and was a semifinalist in the first Murray Dranoff Duo-Piano competition. She teaches piano and theory privately and at Vandercook College and has directed music programs at Bethel College and at two summer programs: (OPUS; CSEHY).
Diana is the Music Director and Organist at Lake Street Church in Evanston, where she has served for 12 years. At the church and as a pianist and chamber musician, Diana enjoys planning themed programs: She has done radio (WFMT) concerts on the music of Leonard Bernstein, in honor of his 100th birthday; and on renowned musician and inspiring teacher Nadia Boulanger.
With the Lake Street Choir, she has planned choral programs based on musical settings of the writings of the mystics, as well as programs for Earth Day, or centered on peace and justice.
Diana is an avid walker and also enjoys swimming and kayaking in Lake Michigan.
