Lydia Lane Stout

Lydia Lane Stout is thrilled to be singing with mirabai. She recently received her Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University. While working toward her degree, Lydia directed a church choir at FCUCC Grand Ledge and two children’s choirs through the Michigan State University Community Music School, where she launched a free satellite choir program in Lansing public schools.

After graduating from Oberlin in 2012, Lydia joined the Chicago Children’s Choir as an In-School Conductor, directing eighteen children’s choirs around the city. While in Chicago, she founded and directed common pulse, a professional vocal ensemble, as well as the Admiral Chorus, an ensemble for retired singers living at The Admiral at the Lake. In addition to her conducting positions, Lydia sang with Peregrine Vocal Ensemble and Wicker Park Choral Singers. Lydia has also directed choirs at summer music camps in Cange, Haiti and Sitka, Alaska.

Lydia and her husband share their Chicago home and music studio with their cats, Wrinkle and Time. Outside of mirabai, Lydia can be found directing choirs at Glenview Community Church and Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, teaching private lessons, practicing yoga, and taking too many pictures of her cats.