Anna Lenti, Bio
Anna Lenti is the Lyell B. Clay Artist in Residence and Director of Choral/Vocal Activities at Williams College, where she conducts the Concert and Chamber Choirs and teaches courses in vocal technique and choral conducting. Under her direction, the choirs at Williams have maintained an active and exciting performing schedule. In addition to their regular semester performances, the choirs have also performed for numerous community and professional events, including a 2025 collaboration with David Lang and Amy Podmore at Mass MoCA, and a family-friendly concert for students at Williamstown Elementary School in fall of 2023. Her work with the Williams Concert Choir earned her second place for the American Prize in Choral Conducting (The Dale Warland Award) in 2025.
Anna’s work on the podium is diverse and eclectic, encompassing a huge variety of musical styles, and her varied experience has led her to work with singers at every age and level of experience. Recent professional accomplishments include her appointment as the new choral director for the Amherst Early Music Festival’s Choral Workshop, and her appearance as a guest conductor for the 10th anniversary season of Ad Astra Musical Festival in Russell, Kansas, where she conducted two full performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with a professional orchestra and chorus. Anna is also in demand as a clinician, most recently appearing as a guest clinician in choral conducting at Georgia State University in 2026, and as the clinician for the FCPS 6th Grade All County Choral Festival in spring of 2024.
Anna is in-demand as a lecturer on a variety of topics related to early-music and choral music. She is a frequent contributor to the Amherst Early Music Festival’s online offerings, teaching classes on reading neumes, approaching vibrato in early music, and other topics. Her research interests include LGBTQ+ inclusivity in choral spaces and the cultivation of musical activism in 21st-century choral performances. She has presented at state (Massachusetts ACDA '26) and national (upcoming, National ACDA '27) conferences on topics related to these areas of research.
In the spring of 2021, Anna received a diagnosis of a permanent vocal injury that ended her professional singing career. Though this injury was caused by illness rather than vocal misuse, her experience with vocal injury has led her to be a passionate protector of young voices and an advocate for proactive vocal health. She has taken a special interest in working with students going through voice changes or injuries, and she is currently conducting new research around vocal identity and best practices for part assignment in choral settings.
A native of Rochester, NY, Anna received a BM in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music in 2011, an MM in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College in 2013, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from Eastman in 2022. When she’s not making music, she can be found baking elaborate cakes for her two children, running long distances, and knitting scarves for her friends.
Anna’s work on the podium is diverse and eclectic, encompassing a huge variety of musical styles, and her varied experience has led her to work with singers at every age and level of experience. Recent professional accomplishments include her appointment as the new choral director for the Amherst Early Music Festival’s Choral Workshop, and her appearance as a guest conductor for the 10th anniversary season of Ad Astra Musical Festival in Russell, Kansas, where she conducted two full performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with a professional orchestra and chorus. Anna is also in demand as a clinician, most recently appearing as a guest clinician in choral conducting at Georgia State University in 2026, and as the clinician for the FCPS 6th Grade All County Choral Festival in spring of 2024.
Anna is in-demand as a lecturer on a variety of topics related to early-music and choral music. She is a frequent contributor to the Amherst Early Music Festival’s online offerings, teaching classes on reading neumes, approaching vibrato in early music, and other topics. Her research interests include LGBTQ+ inclusivity in choral spaces and the cultivation of musical activism in 21st-century choral performances. She has presented at state (Massachusetts ACDA '26) and national (upcoming, National ACDA '27) conferences on topics related to these areas of research.
In the spring of 2021, Anna received a diagnosis of a permanent vocal injury that ended her professional singing career. Though this injury was caused by illness rather than vocal misuse, her experience with vocal injury has led her to be a passionate protector of young voices and an advocate for proactive vocal health. She has taken a special interest in working with students going through voice changes or injuries, and she is currently conducting new research around vocal identity and best practices for part assignment in choral settings.
A native of Rochester, NY, Anna received a BM in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music in 2011, an MM in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College in 2013, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from Eastman in 2022. When she’s not making music, she can be found baking elaborate cakes for her two children, running long distances, and knitting scarves for her friends.