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University in Oakland, California, where Diana gained a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance. Israeli Harp Competition winner Alice Giles of Australia became her harp mentor, and Balkan singing maestra Bon (Brown) Singer of Kitka became her Eastern European/Sephardic music mentor, as well as the instigator of the concert where Rowan discovered the potential of the harp. This led to Rowan gaining a PhD in Music Theory from the National Academy of Music, Bulgaria, focused on world harp techniques.
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Diana founded Bright
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