Nathan Leaf, CSC Artistic Director, is the Director of Choral Activities at North Carolina State University, where he directs three choirs, heads the choral and vocal programs, and teaches voice class.

He is also the founder and artistic director of the Triangle Chamber Consort, Voices of a New Renaissance, and the Choir Director at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Durham.

A versatile musician, he has garnered critical praise for his work as a conductor and teacher, and has performed as singer with some of the top vocal ensembles in the country.

From 2008-2012, Dr. Leaf was the Chorus Master for North Carolina Opera, and in 2012, he was selected through national audition as one of six conductors featured at the Providence Renaissance Institute workshops and master classes with the British early music ensemble, I Fagiolini.

Leaf sang for eight seasons as a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus in Eugene, Oregon, performing under the batons of Helmuth Rilling and Matthew Halls, as well as leading conductors including Marin Alsop, Nicholas McGegan, and Jeffrey Kahane. He has also performed with Conspirare-Company of Voices in Austin, Texas, the Tucson Chamber Artists in Arizona, the Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus in New York City. In 2004, he toured Central Europe as member of the Swedish male choir Orphei Drängar.

Dr. Leaf earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Valparaiso University (Indiana) and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin.