About the Chorale
The Diablo Women's Chorale, founded in 1942, is a diverse group of women singers from all areas of Contra Costa County in California. Membership, which has ranged from 14 to 40 through the years, is currently at 30; new members are welcomed in September and January each year. Rehearsals are from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at Trinity Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek.
Biannual concerts are presented in December and May. The Chorale also performs at community and private events in the area. Please contact us if you would like information about performing at your event. Recent repertoire has included the music of Palestrina, Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Gershwin and Andrew Lloyd Webber, as well as a selection of seasonal tunes and folk songs.
Meet Our Director
Susan (Suzie) A. Peterson, Director, is in her eleventh season as Director of the Diablo Women's Chorale. Under her direction, the choir has performed at, the Trinity Lutheran Church, the Walnut Creek Treelighting event, and several choral festivals in Northern California. Members of the Chorale joined Suzie in recent years at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House.
Ms. Peterson holds a B.A. in Music, Piano Performance from CSU Sacramento and attended the graduate program in Choral Conducting at San Jose State University. She is an elected member of the American Choral Directors Association, representing choral directors in all genres in Northern California. Besides teaching, Suzie sits on the Vallejo Symphony Association board as chairperson of the Music Committee.
Meet Our Accompanist
Pianist Joan Miller has been entertaining audiences and instructing students in the Bay Area for 20 years, as an actress, theatre producer, choir director, piano/voice teacher, and composer.
A native of Russell, Kentucky, Joan graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in voice and piano. She is currently a member of the Arts Advisory Board and teaching staff at Civic Arts Education in Walnut Creek, "Composers Today" Chair for the Music Teachers' Association of California Contra Costa Branch, and owner of "My House of Music," a music program she specifically designed that includes all ages for music study.
Meet Our Officers
