DIANE STEVENETT, PRODUCER/ARTIST, WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA, THE ELDEST OF NINE CHILDREN, TO PARENTS AUDREY AND TED STEVENETT.  SHE WON HER FIRST SINGING AWARD AT AGE EIGHT IN A HOMETOWN TALENT SHOW IN INNISFAIL, ALBERTA.  GROWING UP ON A FARM OUTSIDE OF INNISFAIL, ALBERTA, SHE HEADED A PERFORMING FAMILY, WHERE MUSIC, ANIMALS, FARMING, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY WERE THE CENTER OF HER LIFE.  HER FIRST SINGING ROLE WAS LAURA, IN A LOCAL MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF “OLKLAHOMA”, AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN.

AT AGE 15, STEVENETT WAS NAMED GRAND AWARD WINNER, AS WELL AS MOST PROMISING FEMALE COMPETITOR OF THE TORONTO CONSERVATORY KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL IN RED DEER, ALBERTA, CANADA.  SHE MADE HER DEBUT WITH THE YOUNG CANADIANS OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDE IN 1973.  IN 1980, DIANE MARRIED CINEMATOGRAPHER FRANK HARRIS AND MOVED TO LOS OLIVOS, CALIFORNIA, WORKING AS A PRODUCER & ACTRESS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.  SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD SINCE 1984.

DIANE RECEIVED A MASTERS OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN SCULPTURE & MUSIC FROM BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, UTAH IN 1984.  SINCE RESIDING IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, SHE HAS PERFORMED WITH OPERA SANTA BARBARA, IN CONCERT WITH JAZZ PIANIST ROGER KELLAWAY, CONCERT PIANIST EMILE PANDOLFI, CLASSICAL GUITARIST JAMES EDWARDS, CONCERT PIANIST RENEE HAMATY, AND AS SOPRANO FOR THE AURORA ENSEMBLE.

MS. STEVENETT WAS A FEATURED GUEST ARTIST FOR SPEAKING OF STORIES JAZZ & BLUES SEGMENT, PERFORMING MAYA ANGELOU‘S “THE REUNION” WITH ACTRESS NAMBE KELLY, AND ALSO FEATURED IN THE “WHO’S HOT” COLUMN IN SANTA BARBARA’S THE INDEPENDENT (MAGAZINE) IN 2000.

DIANE WAS CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SANTA BARBARA, CHORAL DIRECTOR OF THE GIRLS INC. CHILDREN‘S CHORUS (FOR 10 YEARS), A RECURRING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE SINCE 1999 FOR SUMMER SOLSTICE PARADE, SB, CA., AND SOLSTICE PARADE ART DIRECTOR IN 2001.

AS DIRECTOR & PRODUCER, IN 2002 FOR A “YOUNG AT HEART” EVENT (A NON-PROFIT FOR SENIORS) AT SANTA BARBARA’ INFAMOUS LOBERO THEATRE, DIANE PERFORMED MUSIC OF THE 20’S, 30’S & 40’S WITH FILM LEGEND JANE RUSSELL, MUSIC HALL OF FAMES’ JEFF BARRY, JAZZ LEGENDS JOEY BUSHKIN AND ROGER KELLAWAY.

SHE STUDIED VOICE WITH THE LEGENDARY MADAME MARINA KOSHETZ VOCAL STUDIO, ACTING WITH NORMAN SCHWARTZ THEATRICAL SCHOOL AND IS KNOWN AS A LOCAL PERSONALITY OF TV COMMERCIALS, RADIO JIMGLES, MODELING, PRINT ADS, AND CHARITY EVENTS.