Student Spotlight
COLADA
Colada Pen is a singer, songwriter, producer and model native to Baltimore, MD. She first met Diane at a vocal class in 2014. After her first meeting with Diane, she began doing private lessons with her in order to improve her confidence and performances with correct vocal technique. Colada is currently working on releasing new music, doing public performances, and building the CoCoPen Multimedia Group.
Recently, Colada was featured in the 2020 Documentary, "Dark City: Beneath the Beat", directed by TT The Artist and produced by Issa Rae. The movie premiered at the 2020 SXSW FIlm Festival and is currently available to watch on Netflix.
Eliza Spear
Eliza Spear is a 21 year old singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Eliza began taking lessons with Diane at age 13 and continued to take lessons all throughout high school. She wrote her first song for her dog at the age of 13. Her recent release, "If I Don’t Try", was awarded The 2020 Jay Gorney ASCAP Award. This award was presented to Spear based on its overall craft, artistry, and compositional elements.
Eliza is spending the summer of 2020 completing her "Can I Play in Your Backyard" Tour. She is also astudent at Elon University in North Carolina, majoring in Music and minoring in Philosophy and Communications.
Camille Wynn
Camille Wynn is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Baltimore, MD. Camille has been writing songs since she was eight years old, but at 20, she decided to take the plunge and begin taking vocal and piano lessons with Diane Postell. “I just felt like, why not try? I would rather try and fail than wonder ‘what if’.” Over the years, Diane has helped her to develop a style that infuses the style of jazz, pop, and modern R&B to create the dreamy, atmospheric sound depicted in her new single, "Shatter Me".
She is currently working on releasing her EP "The Collection". She has also been working with many other artists as a producer and audio engineer. She has modeled for various fashion campaigns.