Diane Francoeur

  • Diane is a retired music educator from the Manchester School District and has had the privilege of teaching at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Her last 15 years were spent at West High, leading the Marching Blue Knights, the Concert Band and Jazz Band. She also had the pleasure of spending some of this time working with the Choirs. Diane completed her undergraduate work at the University of New Hampshire, a Masters in Education, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) in Educational Leadership from Plymouth State University.

    Awards include the Manchester High School West “2010 Teacher of the Year”, the New Hampshire Music Educators Association “2015 Distinguished Music Educator of the Year”, the New Hampshire Band Directors Association, “2016 Outstanding Band Director”, the 19th Annual 50 Band Directors Who Make a Difference issue of School, Band and Orchestra Magazine (SBO), the 2016 Grammy Signature Schools Community Award, and the 1st recipient of the 2017 Aaron Singer Award.

    “My hope is that every student who enters my classroom will enjoy music, learning, and life! May they have the courage to reach for new challenges that will bring them to their level of excellence.”

    Meet Diane and hear more about her philosophy HERE.

A. Robert Dionne

  • Robert holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Maine. Robert has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Maine (Orono), where he studied a complete coursework in Music Education, Vocal and Instrumental Performance, as well as serving as Associate Conductor and Intern for several music and theatre programs while at UMO.

    Robert is the Founding and Artistic Director of The Majestic Theatre. He has worked with many area theatre companies as a Director, Musical Director, Vocalist, and Actor. Some of the companies Robert has worked with include The Majestic, StageCoach Productions, Community Players of Concord, Leddy Center, New Thalian Players, Nottingham Theatre Project, Hampstead Middle School Drama, Nashua Theatre Guild, Manchester Community Players/Second Stage, and Murder & Mayhem Productions. Favorite roles include Albert in “Bye Bye Birdie”, Daddy Warbucks in “Annie”, Whizzer Brown and Marvin in two separate productions of “Falsettos”, Father in “Children of Eden”, Barrett in “Titanic: The Musical”, and King Herod in “Jesus Christ Superstar”.

    Robert is also the Director of The “VOLUNTAIRES”, a 30+ member community choir that has been performing for local health care and assisted living facilities in southern NH for over 30 years; he is also Choir Director at two area assisted livings. Robert is Director of music at Sacred Heart Parish and the Artistic Director of the Majestic Theatre Trust. Visit the Majestic Theatre online. Robert’s performances and endeavors can be found at www.robertdionne.com