Melissa Roth Young is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of North Texas. With more than thirty years of teaching experience, she is currently a PhD music education fellow at the University of North Texas. She previously served as the choir director at Haggard Middle School in Plano, Texas, and was co-director of the Plano Children's Chorale. Choirs under her direction have consistently received awards at concert and sight-reading contests, as well as distinctions at local choral festivals. She has served in regional, state, and national offices for numerous organizations related to music education and is also a part of the choral track faculty for the Southern Methodist University Kodály Certification program. She is a sought-after clinician and adjudicator and is published with Alliance Music Publications, Carl Fisher, and Melissa Roth Young Music. She lives in Richardson, Texas, and sings with the First United Methodist Church Richardson Chancel Choir and the Summer Women’s Chorus of Plano Civic Chorus.