BRITTNEY MAY,  Brittney serves as Associate Director of Choral Activities and Lecturer of Vocal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she conducts the Concert Choir, teaches courses in conducting, choral literature, applied voice, and mentors students in choral pedagogy and performance. She is an active adjudicator, guest conductor, and clinician throughout Nevada and the western region, frequently leading honor choirs and providing workshops for music educators. At UNR, May’s ensembles have collaborated with the Nevada Chamber Opera, Nevada Wind Ensemble, Reno Chamber Orchestra, and the Grammy Award–winning ensemble Chanticleer. Her recent conducting credits include Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Mozart’s Regina Coeli, Brahms’s Schicksalslied, and Steve Danyew’s And the Cities Rise Like Dreams, commissioned in celebration of the university’s sesquicentennial. Beyond the university, she is Artistic Director of the Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus, where she has expanded programming and membership and established the ensemble’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In 2025, she founded and currently serves as Artistic Director of the Great Basin Chorale, a new, semi-professional ensemble dedicated to advancing choral artistry in northern Nevada. A dedicated vocal pedagogue, May regularly adjudicates for NATS, MTNA, and CS Music, and her students have earned recognition at state and regional levels. An active mezzo-soprano, she has appeared as soloist with the Reno Philharmonic, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Nevada Chamber Opera, and Sierra Nevada Baroque, performing works by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, and Vaughan Williams. She has premiered multiple contemporary vocal works, including collaborations with living composers such as Majel Connery, Monica Houghton, Steve Danyew, and Russell Boysen. She holds both the Master of Music from the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Bachelor of Music Education from Wartburg College, where she studied conducting with Weston Noble, Dr. Lee Nelson, and Dr. Paul Torkelson.

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KIMBERLY SNAVELY,  Kimberly Snavely is a music educator whose roots run deep in the pacific NW. She found her love for choral music throughout her public-school experience. She developed her early music studies at Shoreline College in Seattle, WA  studying with accomplished choral educators. Her broad skillset found her performing in traditional choral ensembles, jazz choirs, opera scenes, and chamber ensembles all the while embracing the opportunities to develop her own growth as a singer. Kim took every opportunity to embrace the broad swath of musical opportunities available to her in the Seattle area, singing not only in traditional “educational” ensembles, but also singing in local rock bands and community ensembles. All of these early experiences in musical production and performances instilled in Kim a passion to teach others to experience their own paths in music. She attended Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA, completing her undergraduate and master’s degrees in education and choral conducting. Following a very successful tenure at Mt. Sr. High School, she assumed the director of choral activities position at Foothill High School in Henderson NV. Her choirs both in Washington and Nevada traveled nationally and internationally. They were featured ensembles at state conferences and have graced stages across the globe from Paris to Carnegie Hall. Before returning to Washington state to be near family, her Jazz Choir at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was awarded a prestigious Downbeat Magazine award. Kim continues to broaden her educational experiences in the Pacific NW and has recently focused her skills and passion on younger musicians, primarily working with elementary and middle school students. Her “big picture” approach to music making has been focused on developing engaging  choir camps that have drawn hundreds of young singers together to make music and find joy in joining together to sing and celebrate making music. Kim remains an active clinician and adjudicator and continues to explore new and innovative ways to bring the love and passion for singing to all that are in her orbit.