Lee Cooke is the bass section leader of Chorale Acadienne. He has served as Director of Music and Worship Ministries at Asbury United Methodist Churchsince 1991. Lee is a summa cum laude graduate of Louisiana College and Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth,TX. He is the co-founder of the South Louisiana Chapter of Choristers Guild and is active in United Methodist musical ventures as well as in choral clinics. Lee has appeared as a baritone soloist and conductor in various choral and operatic productions in Louisiana and Texas, including the Louisiana Choral Foundation in Lake Charles and Masterworks Chorus in Monroe. He is presently pursuing a doctoral degree in worship studies.