Leah Arington- Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre

 Leah Arington holds her masters degree in Stage Directing from the Eastman

 School of Music in Rochester, NY. Leah received her Bachelors Degrees in Vocal Perfromance and Music Education from Easman in 2000 and furthered her operatic

studies at the Royal Northern College of Music In Manchester, England.

 Most recently, Leah Directed and Choreogrphed Cabaret for Eastman Opera Theatre as well as serving as Assistant Direcotr for the Eastman Opera Theatre's productions of A Little Night Music and The Merry Widow. Leah also served as Assistant Director for Mercury Opera Rochester's production of Don Giovanni. While at Eastman, Leah taught Intro to Lyric Theatre, dramatic coachings, movement workshops, and directed various opera and musical theatre scenes programs.

Leah's performance credits include solo engagements with the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra (Rochester, NY), Eastman Opera Theatre, Eastman Chorale, RNCM(Manchester, England), Diablo LIght Opera Company (Walnut Creek, CA), The G& S Musical Theatre Company (Poughkeepsie, NY), Fourth Wall Productions (Poughkeepsie, NY), Women's Sing (Walnut Creek, CA), Aksarben Arts Council (Omaha, NE), Oberlin in Italy (Urbania, Italy, and more. Leah has also been featured as soprano soloist for countless sacred works at churches throughout the United States.

In the past, Leah served as Associate Artistic Director for the Contra Costa Children's Chorus in San Francisco easy bay. She continues to enjoy spending her summers in the east bay directing the musical theatre company she originally founded in 1997 in Waterloo, NE. After bringing the program to the east bay area in 2001, Theatre Arts for Kids is a thriving company for young performers producting two Broadway musicals each summer. Recently, she began a branch of Theatre Arts for Kids in Tallahasse, FL.

Leah is originally from Nebraska where she regularly returns for performances and master classes and to spend time on her family's farm.