About our Conductor

Jennifer Diehn received her BME from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduation, Ms. Diehn moved to Asheville, NC, for two years and taught elementary, middle, and high school. Upon her marriage, Jennifer moved to Texas and taught middle school for seven years in the Katy Independent School District, receiving many awards for her performance groups. Mrs. Diehn is currently in her fifteenth year at Dawkins Middle School in Spartanburg, SC teaching 120 students daily. While in South Carolina, her performance groups have only earned Superior ratings at Concert Festival and the Carowinds Festival of Music. Her top group, The DMS Chamber Orchestra, has performed at the SCMEA Conference, The South Carolina Middle School Conference and Disney. Mrs. Diehn conducts two after school Chamber Orchestras, teaches private lessons, performs cello and special events,sings in her church choir, and runs after her two sons, Nathan and Thomas.