Greenwood Press

    Diane Seufert Tait was born in Utica, New York, U.S.A. After studying violin performance at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, she moved to Ottawa, Ontario to join the newly formed Arts Centre Orchestra in 1969. She married double bassist, Edward Tait that year. They have two children.

    A move to Toronto in 1971 found Diane playing with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra before joining the Canadian Opera Company orchestra in 1978. She later became assistant concertmaster until her retirement in 2014. Diane and her family spent a year in Italy from 1979-1980 so she and Ed could further their musical studies in Rome. Having always intended to write a book about that experience, she completed Letters from Italy in 2012.