About Diane

Diane Bruce has been a professional violinist for over 40 years. She holds a Bachelors and Masters degrees from The Juilliard School in violin performance. With her music career, Diane has toured in Europe and Asia and performed regularly at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Radio City, as well as on Broadway. In the summers she is Principal Second Violin in the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

After studying the Alexander Technique privately for many years, Diane decided to train to become a teacher. She spent two years at the American Center for the Alexander Technique and completed her last year of training at the Riverside Institute for the Alexander Technique (RIAT). She qualified for teacher certification with American Society of Alexander Technique after 1,600 hours of instruction. Additionally, Diane has taken the Developing Self Education Training Course and is certified to teach the Alexander Technique at the elementary through high school levels.

Drawing on her combined expertise in music performance and the Alexander Technique, Diane has given workshops on Alexander Technique and Injury Prevention for Performing Artists at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, and Alexander Technique Master Class for voice students at Drew University. Recently she offered Alexander Technique for Poise and Focus in Performance at RIAT in their Alexander Technique For All series.

She has enjoyed assisting Cynthia Reynolds in her Alexander Technique for Musicians class at the Mannes School of Music at The New School, Kim Jessor in her Alexander Technique for Acting class at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and currently assists Brooke Lieb in Alexander Technique classes at the Manhattan School of Music.

Diane offers private and group lessons in Metuchen, NJ, NYC and during the summers in Chautuaqua, NY.