Our Artistic Director
The 2024-25 season marks Nathan Leaf’s eighth year as the Artistic Director of the Concert Singers of Cary, where he continues to build the organization’s tradition of excellence in choral music and diversity of repertoire.
Dr. Leaf is the Director of Choral Activities at North Carolina State University, where he directs the NC State Chorale and the NC State Choral Artists. He founded the chamber consort, Voices of a New Renaissance, and was for many years choir director at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Durham. His work with singers emphasizes healthy vocal production and thoughtful musicality. He has served as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the country, and choirs under his direction have toured extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad. In recent seasons, he has performed with or prepared choirs for the North Carolina Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, the Raleigh Civic Symphony, the North Carolina HIP Festival, and the Raleigh Camerata, among others. In May of 2025, he will conduct the North Carolina Bach Festival’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneus.
Leaf sang for eight seasons as a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus in Eugene, as well as other professional ensembles including Conspirare-Company of Voices in Austin, Texas, True Concord in Arizona, and the Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus in New York City. Chorus Master for North Carolina Opera from 2008-2012, his stage credits as a conductor, singer, and orchestra member include productions of La Cenerentola, Rigoletto, Tosca, Faust, Carmen, Il Trovatore, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, Le Nozze di Figaro, A Little Night Music, and A Chorus Line, among others. His research on Swedish choral music has earned several publications, including in a feature article in Choral Journal, the primary publication of the American Choral Directors Association. Currently a board member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization, he served from 2013-2017 as editor of The Carolina Caroler for the NC American Choral Directors Association.
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