for one season. Haskell then became Principal Clarinet with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with Maestro Semyon Bychkov, followed by Assistant Principal and E-Flat Clarinet in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 1991. Maestro Itzhak Perlman invited Haskell to join the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Clarinet in 2003, and a year later Music Director David Robertson appointed her as Associate Principal and Eb Clarinet. Haskell was also Principal Clarinet with Santa Fe Opera. As a result of being a finalist in the Naumberg International Competition, Ms. Haskell performed a solo recital in the Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. Haskell was Principal Clarinet for the Grammy award-winning recording of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, an opera directed by Gian Carlo Menotti and produced by New World Records. Haskell’s high school studies were with James Barkow at Vandercook College. She was encouraged by her grade school band director, Cloyd Myers, to begin clarinet at age 9. Haskell was a high school camper at Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, where she studied piano with Fernando Laires, and clarinet with George Townsend and Sidney Forrest. She has been Principal Clarinet in many summer music festivals, such as Santa Fe Opera, Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, Colorado Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Washington Island Chamber Music Festival, and Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Haskell’s CD, Clarinet Enchantments (AAM Recordings) has received critical acclaim. It may be purchased at iTunes.com or at Amazon.com. There is a complete list of recordings on the Media tab at her website, DianaHaskellClarinet. Haskell is a Buffet-Crampon Artist and plays on Buffet R-13s for all instruments. She is also a Vandoren Artist and performs on a Vandoren BD-5 mouthpiece with Vandoren's Optimum Ligature or leather ligature, and Vandoren V-12 reeds for the rest of her equipment. Haskell’s blog, Clarinet Divas, is a teaching journal, with an emphasis on women who play the clarinet. She may also be found on Facebook at Diana Haskell, Clarinet. Recordings Haskell's CD, Clarinet Enchantments (AAM Recordings), also features George Silfies as pianist and clarinetist; Frances Tietov, principal harp with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; and Peter Henderson, piano. Critical reception The Clarinet Magazine: "...Ms. Haskell’s expressive qualities as a soloist are highlighted as she plays with a fluid and moving musical and tonal quality...Each selection [is] performed at the highest level, capturing all the subtleties and stylistic nuances necessary to make Ms. Haskell’s CD a