Diane Rakoczy-Smith is a graduate of DePaul University, Chicago, IL with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. She taught piano for over 35 years in the Chicagoland area and has done much work in the field of accompanying middle school and high school instrumentalists and vocalists.
She has also extensive accompaniment experience for Suzuki violin students and has played a variety of styles on piano and keyboard for private parties and social venues including the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. She was a member of the Oakton Community College Six Piano Ensemble for several years and has just joined the Boulder Symphony Orchestra in 2010.
