Michelle Leonard
Michelle Leonard is the founding Artistic Director and conductor of Moorambilla Voices and Moorambilla Festival. Wide Open Sky (winner Sydney Film Festival audience award) and Outback Choir (ABC Australia) are documentaries about the Moorambilla Voices programme released to wide acclaim. Under her direction Moorambilla voices recently won the National Art Music Award (APRA AMCOS) for "National Excellence in a Regional Area” at the 2016 Awards, having previously won the State Award in 2015 and 2012. Michelle is also the founding Artistic Director and conductor of The Leichhardt Espresso Chorus; its chamber choir, Ristretto; and Espresso Kids, since 1998. Under her direction they have performed much of the traditional “major works” choral repertoire with the Orchestra and commissioned over 100 new Australian choral and orchestral works. Email: michelle@moorambilla.com
