Music Director Lenora Thom is a conductor, pianist, organist, vocal coach, and arranger who moved to Asheville in 1998. For over twenty years, she enjoyed a busy and varied professional career in the New York City area, where she held positions as Music Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Choral Society and Orchestra, of the Kean (NJ) Chamber Symphony and of the Riverdale (NY) Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Thom was appointed Music Director of the Asheville Choral Society in September 2000 and has also worked with many of Asheville's leading musical groups. She has acted as Assistant Conductor for the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Musical/Vocal Director for the Flat Rock Playhouse, and Music Director at the Asheville Community Theatre. She maintains a busy vocal and piano studio and finds time for musical arranging and recital/cabaret work as well. In September of 2003, Ms. Thom was appointed Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville.

Maestra Thom founded the Riverdale Chamber Orchestra and served as its Music Director/Conductor from 1985-1992. Lenora is a frequent guest conductor and musical director for choral, orchestral, and musical theatre groups. She has conducted countless musical theatre productions for off-Broadway, regional, summer stock, and university theatres. An award-winning pianist, she has performed in recital, cabaret, and chamber music concerts throughout the Northeast. From 1980-1995, she was the studio accompanist/coach in several leading voice studios in New York City, accompanying and teaching literally thousands of singers in all genres of opera, art song, musical theatre and popular music.

Ms. Thom studied at Juilliard, the Hartt School of Music, Trinity College, Peabody Conservatory, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. Lenora has held numerous Director of Music/ Organist positions at churches and synagogues from 1970-1998 in Maryland, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.