Dr. Diane Follet is Associate Professor of Music at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where she teaches music theory, voice, a first-year seminar on genius and Mozart, women in music, and co-teaches physics of music. She holds the Bachelor of Music with Highest Honors from the University of Texas at Austin , the Master of Music from the University of Arizona , and the Doctor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado .

Diane spent several years as a practicing CPA before returning to the pursuit of a career in music.

Dr. Follet's dissertation was a two-part project consisting of a one-act chamber opera which she composed and supporting research on women in the twentieth century. Her opera, Echo, received its world premiere in October, 2000, and was selected for performance at Otterbein College’s festival, “Women in Music: A Celebration of Accomplishment,” in 2005.

Active as a teacher, performer, and scholar, Dr. Follet's research interests include music theory pedagogy and gender issues in music. She is the author of "Mélisande Meets Lulu: Operatic Heroines from the Feminine Perspective," which appeared in the IAWM Journal in Fall, 2000. In 2001, her review of the CD, "Musik fur die Welt von morgen," appeared in the same publication, and her review of Form and Analysis Theory by James E. Perone, co-authored with Robert Follet, appeared in Music Reference Services Quarterly . Her entry on "Professionalism" was published in Women and Music in America since 1900: An Encyclopedia in 2002, and her article, " Feminine Voices in the French Mélodie ," appeared in the Journal of Singing in 2003. “Redeeming Alma: The Songs of Alma Mahler” was published in College Music Symposium in Fall, 2004. Dr. Follet has presented at meetings of the College Music Society, Society for Music Theory, Music Library Association, and Feminist Theory & Music.

In Spring, 2002, Dr. Follet presented a faculty recital, A Celebration of Creative Women , and her choral piece, Invocation , composed for the Muhlenberg Choir, received its world premiere. Another choral piece, Make, O God, Some Greater Thing , was premiered the following year, and a third work, De Profundis , was premiered in 2004. Dr. Follet has been a chorus member and soprano soloist with Greeley (CO) Festival Singers, Arizona Chamber Choir, Arizona Recital Choir, Tucson Masterworks Chorale, and Denton (TX) Bach Society. She performs as a guest violinist with the Muhlenberg College Orchestra, which she conducts.

Dr. Follet is a member of the College Music Society (National Treasurer), the International Alliance for Women in Music , NATS , and the Society for Music Theory . At Muhlenberg College, she served a 3-year term as Faculty Secretary.