Mrs. Laura Lodin started her music teaching career in the Ontario-Montclair School District. She is also a former Hollywood producer with a decade of experience, whose credits include the Academy Award–winning March of the Penguins and Free Willy 3. Transitioning back from film to education, Mrs. Lodin has dedicated many years to teaching choral and instrumental music from preschool through 12th grade, serving in the Irvine Unified School District and most recently at Red Hill Lutheran School in Tustin. She also serves as the Senior Vocal Instructor for Pacific Symphony's arts immersion program, arts-X-press. 

A passionate advocate for choral music as a vibrant art form, Mrs. Lodin brings a wealth of experience in nurturing and developing voices of all ranges and types. She is thrilled to begin her tenure with Beckman Choirs and looks forward to creating an exceptional musical journey together with the three choral ensembles.

Mrs. Lodin is an alumna of Scripps College, The Claremont Graduate University, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She has been married for 26 years to her husband, Michael—an optical physicist and engineer—and together they are proud parents to two sons: Anders, a senior at Loyola Marymount University, and Julian, a sophomore at UC Riverside. An active member of the St. John Neumann Catholic Church Adult Choir in Irvine, Mrs. Lodin enjoys both cooking and exploring new foods. She is fluent in Korean, having lived in Korea for 13 years during most of her primary and secondary education.