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Artistic Director

Diana V. Sáez  is the music director of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Chorus.  She is also founder and artistic director of Coral Cantigas, the only chamber choir in the Washington D.C. area dedicated to the performance of choral music from Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean.  She was the recipient of the 2003 Tony Taylor Award, presented by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, for her artistic excellence and noticeable assistance to artists in our region.  In December 2002 she was awarded the Arts in the Community Award for Excellence 2002, given by the Montgomery County (MD) Executive Douglas Duncan and Discovery Communications, Inc., for her major contribution to the quality of life in Montgomery County through the arts.  In 1999, she received the Poder con Ganas Award presented by the Hispanic Democratic Club of Montgomery County in recognition of outstanding and sustained leadership in empowering the Latin American community.  As director of Coral Cantigas, Ms. Sáez has prepared and conducted choirs for Washington D.C. premiere of several works by well-known Latin American and European composers.  As member of the American Choral Director’s Association, she has presented sessions for their regional and national conventions, and serves as the Maryland Repertoire and Standards chair for Ethnic and Multicultural music.  Ms. Sáez frequently serves as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator and is a candidate for a Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University of Maryland School of Music.  A native of Puerto Rico, she earned a Master of Education from Harvard University, and a Master of Choral Conducting from Temple University.