Nicole C. Lamartine creates innovative and engaging choral experiences as the director of choirs at Central Washington University. She conducts the flagship CWU Chamber Choir, integrates twenty-first-century relevancy into MM choral studies, and teaches courses in conducting, voice, and music education. Previously, she was director of choral activities at the University of Wyoming (2008-2020) and University of California, Santa Barbara (2020-2022). She has conducted over twenty-five all-state, international, and ACDA honor choirs; and her own ensembles have appeared at ACDA, NAfME, and NCCO conferences. She has headlined choral conferences in Hong Kong and Costa Rica, and in eight US states. Lamartine conducts Chor Anno, and she is the founder of the Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus. She is an ACDA past-president of Wyoming and the Northwestern Region.