Artistic Director and Collaborative Pianist
Leora Zimmer
Artistic Director
A native of Montreal, Canada, Leora Zimmer began her musical career at a very young age, singing, according to family lore, before she could speak. She began to play violin at the age of 6 and informally took up electric bass during those rebellious high school years. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in Music Theory. In 1987, Leora moved to Connecticut to attend Yale University, where she both studied and taught music theory, earning two Master’s degrees. She then began work as a computer music engraver. Leora joined Another Octave: CT Women’s Chorus, and after a year of membership, she served as their Assistant Artistic Director. She also began to sing with, and assumed leadership of The Undertones, a women’s a cappella quintet. In addition to conducting and singing, Leora has composed, arranged and co-produced three CDs for these two groups. After a brief return to Montreal, where she continued to freelance as music engraver, conductor and singer for various organizations, Leora returned to the United States in 2002 as Artistic Director of the Boston Women’s Rainbow Chorus and Assistant Manager of The Foundry Music Company, Connecticut’s largest print music retailer. In February 2004, she was invited to direct the talented and spirited women of Voices Rising in their inaugural season and looks forward to the music yet to come.
Sage Fogle
Collaborative Pianist
Sage Fogle (they/them) is a sought-after vocal and instrumental collaborator based in Boston. They regularly appear as a recitalist, with a particular affinity for German Lieder. Experienced in the standard operatic, choral, and orchestral repertoire, Sage has recently worked with the Boston Opera Collaborative, Harvard University, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the
Brookline Symphony Orchestra.
Sage holds a Masters Degree in Collaborative Piano from the Longy School of Music of Bard College and the Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and Music History from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. They are currently on staff in the vocal departments of Boston Conservatory and the Berklee School of Music.