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Diane Maximovich Norton is an instructor of piano in the Music Department, and Music and Humanities and Collection Development coordinator in the Lilly Library. She was a piano student of Rudolf Ganz and
Mollie Margolies in Chicago, and performed as soloist with orchestras in the metropolitan area. During her undergraduate studies at Knox College, she furthered her interest in contemporary music as both pianist and violinist, participating in ensembles which introduced newly-commissioned works to audiences throughout the Midwest. She received an M.M. and completed her doctoral studies in music history and literature at Northwestern University, where she also taught piano, and began to perform in early music ensembles. She earned her MLS at Indiana University in Bloomington. Diane has been active in the Wabash College music department for over three decades, performing as piano soloist and harpsichordist with the Wabash chamber orchestra, concert band and percussion ensemble. She has performed in recital with members of the faculty and the student body, and has given world premieres of compositions written for her by such composers as Fredric Enenbach, Bernard Schulz, and Judd Danby.