Nick Strimple, music director of both the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale and the Choral Society of Southern California, has had a long, distinguished and versatile career.  Born in Amarillo, Texas, he was educated at Baylor University an the University of Southern California.  As a guest conductor, he has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Nuremberg Symphony, the Ensemble Orchestral d’Aquitaine, the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the Janacek Philharmonic, the Prague Radio Choir, the New York Oratorio Society, and the Oregon Bach Festival, among others.  He has prepared choruses for some of the world’s greatest conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson-Thomas and Erich Leinsdorf.

As a respected composer, Strimple has written film and television scores, as well as concert and liturgical works, and has served as arranger (mostly choral arranger) for Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart and other leading recording artists.  Strimple is also active as a scholar.  His book, Choral Music in the 20th Century, will be released this year.  He is recognized internationally as a leading authority of Shoah music.  He has lectured widely on the subject, most recently at Oxford University, and served as a consultant for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and the New England Holocaust Memorial.  In addition his scholarly work, Strimple has presented and performed Shoah music programs throughout the United States and Europe.  Nick Strimple also serves as director of music at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church and is a lecturer at the University of Southern California.