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2010 | 11 Calendar at a Glance

July 2010:
Vivaldi @ Hollywood Bowl - Tuesday, 7/6 @ 8pm
Fauré Requiem @ Santa Monica First United Methodist - Guest Conducting - Thursday, 7/8 @ 7:30 PM
Soundtrack for Sorcerer's Apprentice: Sony - Recorded week of July 12th
August:
Carmen @ Hollywood Bowl - Sunday, 8/1 @ 8pm

September:
LAMC Begins Season - Saturday, 9/3
LRMC Rehearsals resume - Tuesday, 9/7 @ 7:30pm
Berstein's Candide at Hollywood Bowl - Thursday, 9/2 @ 8pm
St. Philip's Church Choir Resumes - 9/8
LAMC @ WDCH: Rachmaninooff - Sunday, 9/26 @ 7pm
October:
LRMC - High School Leadership Workshop - Saturday, 10/2 All Day
NWSC Auditions - Wednesday 10/6 & Saturday 10/9
LAMC/LAPO - Romeo & Juliet - 10/22-24 @ WDCH
November:
LAMC @ WDCH: French Connections - Sunday, 11/7 @ 7pm
LRMC @ COTE: Introspection - Sunday, 11/14 @ 4pm
LAMC/LAPO - Magnus Lindberg @ WDCH - 11/19-11/21
LRMC @ SCE: Introspection - Sunday, 11/21 @ 4pm
December:
LRMC Young Composer's Competition - materials due - December 1, 2010
LAMC @ WDCH: Messiah Sing-a-Long - Sunday, 12/5 @ 7pm
LAMC @ WDCH - Holiday Wonders - Sunday, 12/11 @ 2:30 pm
LRMC @ ALC - Holiday Treasures - Sunday, 12/12 @ 2pm
LAMC @ WDCH - Rejoice! - Sunday, 12/12 @ 7pm
LRMC @ University Village - Holiday - Monday, 12/13 @ 7PM
LAMC @ WDCH - Messiah Sing-a-Long, 12/14 @ 7PM
LRMC @ ALC - Holiday Presence - Saturday, 12/18 @ 8PM
January:
LAMC @ WDCH: London Bridges - Sunday, 1/30 @ 7PM - My WDCH Conducting Debut
February:

March:
LAMC @ WDCH - Stories from Korea - Sunday, 3/6 @ 7PM
LRMC/LRCC @ ALC: Eternal Love - Sunday, 3/20 @ 4PM
LRMC High School Invitational Festival - Saturday, 3/26 All Day
El Dorado Opera - Mozart Requiem, Guest Conductor - Saturday, 3/26 @ 8PM
April:
LAMC @ WDCH - The Creation - Sunday, 4/10 @ 7PM
LAMC High School Choral Festival - Friday, 3/15 All Day
LRMC @ COTE - Love & Loss - Sunday 4/17 @ 4PM
LRMC @ Hollywood Bowl - Easter Sunrise Service - Sunday, 4/24 @ 7AM
May:
LRMC @ Ventura - Love & Loss - Sunday, 5/1 @ 4PM
LRMC @ ALC: Reminiscence - Saturday 5/7 @ 8PM
LAMC/LAPO @ WDCH - Brahms Requiem - 5/12-5/15
NWSC @ TOCAP: Carmina Burana - 5/13-5/15
LAMC @ WDCH: Ellington Sacred Service - Sunday, 5/22 @ 7PM
 

2010|11 Calendar


Conductor | Choral Arranger | Clinician

Lesley Leighton is a choral conductor, arranger and singer in Los Angeles. A professional musician for more than two decades, Leighton is currently the Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Master Chorale; Artistic Director of Los Robles Master Chorale, Music Director of New West Symphony Chorus; and a DMA candiate (all but dissertation) at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.
 
A sought-after soloist in the Southern Calfornia region, appearing many times with the Los Angeles Opera, LA Philharmonic and Los Angeles Maseter Chorale, Leighton has also sung with New York City Opera, Covent Garden, Köln Opera, Sandjeford Symphony (Norway) and Paris Opera. Leighton has also begun working as a choral clinician and festival adjudicator over the past two years working for the Los Angeles Unified School District. In addition to her full schedule with the LAMC in the 2010 | 11 season, she conducted her Disney Hall debut in January 2011 with Los Angeles Master Chorale at the London Bridges concert; Leighton guest-conducted the Mozart Requiem for El Dorado Opera company with chorus, orchestra and soloists; and performed a full season of 16 appearances with Los Robles Master Chorale. In May 2011, her New West Symphony Chorus (the resident chorus for New West Symphony) debuted with Carmina Burana with New West Symphony, Boris Brott conducting.
 
A student of Morten Lauridsen's in choral composition and arranging, Leighton has written several octavos for chorus. There are several audio examples of her work as a conductor and choral arranger, as well as some clips of her as a soprano soloist. Enjoy discovering the music on the site; there are also examples of the scores as well as musical clips.
 
The calendar on the left is a great way to follow Lesley's performances as a conductor and singer throughout the year, just click on any event that interests you.
 
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Listen to Lesley's Choral Music

The Red Shoes - SATB
The Phoenix - SSA
Misfortune's Flower - SATB
The Bell - SSA
Where Joy and Lilies Reign - SATB
Black is the Color - SATB
Le Parfum faible d'une Rose - SATB
Les yeux du destin - SATB

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Listen to Lesley's Solo Work

O'Regan: The Ecstasies Above
Duffy:
Fantasia on Chanukah Song
Fauré:
Pie Jesu
Duruflé:
Pie Jesu
Finkelstein:
L'dor Vador
Edwards:
Kyrie
Nielsen:
Hymnus Amoris

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Community Choir:

Los Robles Master Chorale

Main Singing Gig:

Los Angeles Master Chorale

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NWS Chorus:

New West Symphony

Sunday Church Gig:

St. Philip the Apostle

Read about my mentors:

Jo-Michael Scheibe
Morten Lauridsen
Paul Salamunovich