Albert LeDoux spent fifteen years as a professional chorister and conductor with opera companies in Regensburg, Heidelberg and Dresden, with numerous choral ensembles in southern Germany, and with the vocal chamber ensemble Vokaletta. A Louisiana native, he received his undergraduate degree in oboe from Loyola University in New Orleans, and a doctorate in conducting from the University of South Carolina, where he was also a Fellow at the nationally recognized Conductors' Institute and its partner program at the Spoleto Festival. For two seasons, he was assistant conductor in charge of musical preparation for South Carolina Opera; he also conducted productions for Opera at USC including Handel's Imeneo and Pergolesi's La Vedova Ingegnosa and La Serva Padrona, and led the university's early music ensemble. He also serves as the Director of Music at Christ the King Lutheran Church.