Lesley Maxwell Mann serves as Associate Professor of Music Education and the Coordinator of Music Education at Belmont University. Her coursework includes Secondary Choral Methods, Middle School Methods, Basic Conducting, and supervising pre-service teachers. She also directs Bel Canto, a large treble ensemble which celebrates music of many genres, styles, and origins.

She is the Artistic Director of Vocal Arts Nashville, a professional choir whose aim is to present beautiful, authentic, and diverse choral repertoire to nourish their audiences. Dr. Mann's teaching career spans roles at Belmont University, Florida State University, the College of Central Florida. and William R. Boone High School in Orlando, FL.

A versatile vocalist, she has performed with Vocal Arts Nashville, Collegium, the Tallahassee Bach Parley, and Walt Disney World. She regularly presents research, directs honor choirs, and leads professional development for in-service teachers around the country. A proud alumna of Florida State University with degrees in Choral Conducting and Music Education, her research focuses on Teacher Education, Conducting Gesture, and Vocal Technique in Choral Settings.

Dr. Brandon A. Boyd is the Mary M. and Harry L. Smith Endowed Chair. He is the Director of Choral Activities, Graduate Choral Conducting Program, and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Missouri, where he conducts MU University Singers, Sankofa Chorale, and Choral Union Symphonic Chorus. In addition to his conducting duties at the university, he teaches graduate courses in choral conducting, choral literature, and choral arranging. 

As an active composer and arranger, his music is sung regularly by ensembles throughout the United States and abroad. He is also the curator and editor of the "Brandon A. Boyd Choral Series," a choral series with Hinshaw Music Publications helping promote exciting and innovative works composed by both established and new composers and arrangers. His music also appears in the catalogs of Gentry Publications, Hinshaw Music Company, MorningStar, GIA, and Kjos Music Press. In addition, he is the Executive Choral Editor of Gentry Publications (Fred Bock Publishing Group) and the Abbington African American Sacred Music Series (GIA Publications). 

He holds two degrees from Florida State University (Ph.D. in choral music education and M.M. in choral conducting) and earned a B.S. in music education (emphasis in piano) from Tennessee State University. He is a proud member of the Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Inc., Pi Kappa Lambda, American Choral Directors' Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), American Guild of Organists (AGO), and Chorus America. Dr. Boyd also serves as a member of the National ACDA Composition Initiative committee.