Choral Conductor and Voice Teacher Lorraine Manifold holds a Master’s degree in Vocal Pedagogy from Northeastern Illinois University. She also graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Music from the University of Ottawa in Canada. For more than 15 years, she has been teaching singing to all levels and piano for beginners. She is also the Director of the Perfect Chord Choir in Melbourne, and the conductor of the Latrobe University Choral Society. She has studied conducting with Jenny Mathers, has conducted in master classes with Jerry Blackstone, Carl Crossin, Rollo Dilworth, Rodney Eichenberger, María Guinand, Graeme Morton, Jodie Spooner-Ryan and Axel Theimer. She is the co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Bahá'í Choral Festival and is a Committee member of the VIC/TAS Branch of the Australian National Choral Association.