LENNIE COTTRELL

is a conductor, singer, arranger, and banjo student. Before the pandemic, he was the Director of Choirs at Valley Catholic School, the Associate Conductor of the Oregon Repertory Singers, and sang regularly with the Oregon Catholic Press as a recording session singer. Lennie previously lived in Chicago, where he worked for the Chicago Children’s Choir and performed with various professional ensembles. While living in Chicago, Lennie co-founded Constellation Men’s Ensemble, a non-profit professional men’s chamber choir, which won the 2018-19 American Prize in Choral Music - professional division. Lennie holds a Masters of Music in Conducting from Portland State University and a Bachelors of Music in Music Education from Northwestern University. In 2020 Lennie learned to code and now works from home in the tech industry.