Our Directors
Laura DuBois, Executive Director
Laura DuBois knows no greater joy than sharing the beauty of music. She earned a BM in Piano Performance from the University of North Texas, a MM in Piano Performance from the University of Miami, and completed all but her dissertation for a DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Miami. While living in Miami, she co-founded and ran UM’s successful piano preparatory department, Keyboard for Kids.
From 2001 until 2015, she was on the faculty at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ, where she taught piano, music appreciation, and music theory, and served as the accompanist for the Music & Theatre Department. During this time, she also became the music director at Unity by the Shore in Neptune, NJ, and treasured her experiences in that role.
Since moving to Oregon in 2015, Laura has been the music director at Unity of the Valley in Eugene, a job she loves beyond measure. And after many years of actively performing and teaching, she has shifted her primary focus to using music as a healing art. She is overjoyed to be working with the team at CFTH!
When she’s not making music, she loves to garden and explore the outdoors with her husband Gary, play scrabble with her mom, and take cooking lessons from her son, Elliot.
To learn more about Laura, feel free to check out her episode on the Uniquely Eugene podcast.
Ryan Zimmer, Audio/Video Production
Ryan Zimmer grew up in Los Angeles, listening to a lot of music and playing clarinet in the school orchestra. From a very early age, Ryan fiddled around with VCR’s and cassette decks, making recordings for fun.
He moved to Oregon at age 14. By the time he was in high school, he was already doing video production, recording sporting events and creating music demos. He even started his own video production business, called “Hi-Fi Video Productions,” and continued to run that business for almost 20 years. During that time, he recorded at venues such as U of O’s Beall Hall, WOW Hall, Autzen stadium and several local high schools.
In addition to his work with CFTH, Ryan currently does sound and recording for live events in and around Eugene, including local nightclubs, wineries, and the Saturday Market. He is also the treasured audio/video director at Unity of the Valley, where he simultaneously does in-person sound and live-stream production for all of their services.
Ryan is grateful for the opportunity to do work that helps to make the world a better place, by providing uplifting and greatly needed material. When he’s not recording, Ryan loves to hang out with friends, play card games and Scrabble, cook and listen to music.