Her husband is Patrick Williams, librarian of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and they have a daughter, Hannah, who sang as a chorister at Guildford Cathedral .
[5][6] Dienes has composed a number of sacred works, mainly for upper voices, as well as some secular compositions.
The Hannah texts are pretty severe: There's a lot of 'the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness' and 'they that strive with the Lord shall be broken in pieces.'
"[8] John W. Lambert, reviewing the Guildford Cathedral Choir's visit to Raleigh, NC during its US East Coast tour, observed that Dienes-Williams "has a huge and altogether favorable reputation among church musicians."
He went on to say that the reputation was "richly deserved"; she was a "highly animated director, and she elicited some of the most remarkable 'church choir' singing heard hereabouts in a long time."