Cambodian-American Conductor, haute-contre, and composer, DARITA SETH, born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, is Founder, President, and Director of CHORAL AUDACITY, a chamber choir advocating for QBIPOC voices; and recently concluded his interim as Director of Choral Studies at the University of the Pacific. Prior conducting credits include: Cantare Con Vivo in Oakland, CA; Director of Music at St. Luke's Epicscopal Church in Long Beach, CA; Director of Music at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Danville, California; Associate Director of the Danville Girls Chorus, Associate Director of the Cantabella Children’s Chorus; and Interim Director of the Grammy-Award Winning Pacific Boychoir Academy. In 2016, Darita concluded his tenure with Chanticleer, the Grammy Award-winning, San Francisco-based men’s vocal ensemble and is currently a member of both the Grammy Award-Winning Los Angeles Master Chorale and San Francisco Symphony Chorus. A Sigma Alpha Iota distinguished member, he has made appearances as guest soloist with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, sounding Light Chamber Choir, Reconciliation Singers Voices of Peace, and the Philippine Saringhimig Singers. An active choral clinician, he has presented conferences on topics such as: Nurturing and Embracing Ethnic Diversity within the choral ensemble; Mysteries of the Countertenor Voice; The Aging Voice; and How To Change Your Church’s Singing Culture. Darita holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Capital University’s Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from CSU Long Beach. Outside of music and teaching, Darita enjoys cooking meals from his proud Cambodian-American heritage, weight-lifting, traveling with his partner, and being a dog-dad to his American Dingo, Remy Martin.