Interpreting choral music for diverse audiences in a way that is relevant to young people while maintaining the highest standards of music education and performance sums up the work of CYC Founder and Managing Artistic Director Robyn Reeves Lana. When not leading the Cincinnati Children’s Choir over the last quarter of a century, Lana has served as conductor and clinician across the United States and at internationally acclaimed venues. Closer to home, she has been a featured guest conductor at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. She has served as clinician or guest conducted state and regional choral events in more than 25 states. Lana has served on the choral faculty at Xavier University, has been a guest professor in the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s choral department, and is currently a visiting professor on the choral faculty at Miami University in Oxford.

Lana is the editor of a choral series with Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Her book, Voices in Harmony (2017), celebrates philosophies in choral education. She also is published in Chorister Guild’s The Chorister, Chamber Music America’s CMA Matters, and ACDA’s Choral Journal.

Nationally, Lana has served ACDA as Children’s Choir and Community Youth Repertoire and Standards Chair and Chair of ACDA Advocacy and Collaboration. She currently serves on the Chorus America Board of Directors.