Leanne Elmer Herrmann, Accompanist, has served as Accompanist of the Summer Singers of Atlanta since the chorus’ founding in 1990. She is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. She works throughout the metro Atlanta area as a free-lance accompanist and chamber music pianist. Ms. Herrmann has been the accompanist of The DeKalb Choral Guild since being appointed to the post by then-director William Baker in 1988. She is the accompanist for the Collegium Vocale and is the staff pianist for the Paideia School in Atlanta. She has appeared in concert with the Gwinnett Young Singers, the Young Singers of Callanwolde, and the William Baker Festival Singers. She makes her home in Decatur, Georgia.