ALEXANDER BUDNITZ Diana Dabby, creator of the Olin Conductorless Orchestra, interacting with the players. Conductorless Orchestra Helps EE Students Fine-Tune Their Career Skills D iana Dabby grew up surrounded b y music-both her parents were pianists. The IEEE member followed in their footsteps and earned a bachelor's degree in music from Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. After graduating, she moved to New York City and worked as a pianist, performing at venues including Merkin Hall and Weill Recital Hall. Although Dabby was passionate about music, she had an unsettling feeling that something was missing. That something turned out to be engineering- which she discovered after she read journal articles about engineering's relationship to music. She decided to pursue a graduate degree in the field. THE INSTITUTE | MAR 2021 | TI-9https://www.olin.edu/faculty/profile/diana-dabby/ https://www.olin.edu/faculty/profile/diana-dabby/ https://www.vassar.edu/ https://www.vassar.edu/ https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/ https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/ https://www.carnegiehall.org/events/weill-recital-hall