In August 2004, Lorin Miller became the third director of the Sierra Community Chorus in its 13-year history.  He has come to the Chorus with a distinguished background as a solo performer and choral director, and besides his work with the Chorus, he continues his affiliation with several other organizations. 

For the past 20 years Lorin has enjoyed performing nationally and internationally in Japan, China, Europe and the Philippines in a variety of styles ranging from Bach to Broadway.  Lorin, a California native, grew up in Grass Valley.  He graduated from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A vocal major in college, he toured with a solo album before moving to Los Angeles to attend UCLA in film scoring.  After working in Hollywood television production, Lorin made the transition into the church music arena. 

He is currently musical director for Auburn Grace Community Church, and he teaches on staff at Forest Lake Christian School in Auburn, where he is founding director of the Forest Lake Christian School Youth Chorus.  In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Lorin is a frequent soloist throughout Northern California.  He has recently appeared as a soloist with Donald Kendrick and the CSUS University Chorus in J.S. Bach’s Magnificat and Bach’s Cantate #106- Gottes Zeit ist die-allerbeste Zeit.  In May 2003 he traveled to New York’s Carnegie Hall with the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra to perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.  He performed the Haydn Mass, Harmoniemesse, Mass No. 12 in B-Flat and Symphony No. 2, Op 52, Lobgesang, by Mendelssohn at the Sacramento Community Center and Mondavi Center with SCSO in May of 2004.  The summer of 2004 he was on stage in Europe as the tenor soloist performing the Hadyn Mass. 

Lorin has performed with Spirit West Coast, a summer Christian music festival in Monterey, California that draws 40,000 people each year to its outdoor venue.  He has also participated in San Francisco’s prestigious Harmony Sweepstakes, an annual a cappella contest featuring groups from across the United States.

Lorin Miller
(916) 600-8442
lorinstarla@msn.com