Laurie de Leonne is a choral conductor, composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist.  In her diverse musical career, she champions collaborative music adventures of all kinds in differing genres and roles. She builds a variety of ensembles including the Redmond Chorale, where she has been the founding artistic director for more than a decade. She is the Artistic Director of the Seattle Metropolitan Singers, the RainShadow Chorale in Port Townsend, and director of the Evergreen Singers. She is an active composer, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with blues rock band ‘Black Orchid” and acoustic singer-songwriter folk rock duo ‘blurry may.’  She teaches individual students in her own private vocal and piano studio, and is a past-president of the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium.