Dr Diana Salazar is a composer and music educator with extensive teaching and leadership experience in higher education. She is Director of Programmes at the Royal College of Music (RCM), having previously taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, City University of London, Kingston University London, and the University of Manchester. 

Diana has worked internationally as an external examiner in music and music technology and as an external adviser and consultant for exam boards and higher education providers, including ABRSM, Edexcel, WJEC, Bath Spa University, the University of Derby, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the University of Glasgow, Royal Holloway University of London, The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

A Conservatoire graduate herself, Diana originally trained as a flautist at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Scotland before specialising in composition for Masters studies, followed by AHRC-funded doctoral studies at the University of Manchester. As a composer and sound artist her works were performed and broadcast internationally, with many of her works recognised in leading international competitions including Bourges, Música Viva, the International Computer Music Association Awards, Musica Nova and Prix Destellos. In her current role at RCM she leads on learning and teaching strategy and curriculum development at junior, undergraduate and postgraduate taught levels. She is a co-founder of the Global Conservatoire Consortium and has published in the fields of music technology and technology-enhanced pedagogies in higher music education. 

In addition to her work at the RCM, Diana is a Governor of the Purcell School for Young Musicians and a Trustee of the National Centre for Circus Arts.