management bio

As a music manager, Diane Lesser provides a range of services for all aspects of music production. This includes personnel management, budget preparation, contract administration and tour supervision for live performances. Similarly, her scope of services covers the production of film scores, radio, internet and TV recordings.

Voices of Ascension
Orchestral Manager, 1986–present
Dennis Keene, Music Director
Church of the Ascension series, Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Caramoor Festival, Delos label recordings

Society for Universal Sacred Music
Personnel Manager, 2004–present
Roger Davidson, Founder
Harold Rosenbaum, Music Director

National Chorale
Orchestral Contractor, 1994–present
Everett McCorvey, Music Director
Annual David Geffen Hall series

New York Virtuoso Singers
Harold Rosenbaum, Music Director
Hoover Requiem Recording Project, 2016

Ensemble Connect
Sir Simon Rattle, Guest Conductor
Mark Padmore, Tenor
Franz Schubert/ Hans Zender Winterreise Project
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 2016

KeeneFest
Personnel Manager, 1997–2004
Dennis Keene, Music Director
Kent, CT

Organizations as Personnel Manager / Orchestral Contractor:

+ American Field Studies Orchestra

+ American Guild of Organists Conventions

+ American Handel Society Festival Orchestra, Princeton University

+ Cerddorian Chamber Ensemble

+ Charis Chamber Choir

+ Tom James Associates  (recordings/commercials)

+ James and Astor Music Company  (commercials)

+ Manticore Chamber Orchestra

+ The Sun Group  (recordings)

+ Arthur Custer Productions  (recordings)

+ Taghkanic Chorale

+ Radical Entertainment Group (recordings)