Melissa L. Grady
The University of Kansas
United States

Melissa L. Grady graduated from Wichita State University with her undergraduate degree in music education and also holds a MEd with an emphasis in choral conducting. During her eleven year public school teaching career, Melissa has taught at all levels of music education; elementary general music, middle school choir and high school choir. She is a member of NAfME and ACDA.
Melissa is in her last year as a student pursuing her PhD in choral pedagogy at the University of Kansas. She is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching undergraduate courses in Choral Conducting, Secondary Choral Methods, Adolescent Changing Voice and conducting one of the Universitys choirs. Research presentations include the 2012 and 2013 Annual Voice Foundation Symposiums, 2012 Biennial Music Educators National Conference, and the 6th International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing. She has been published in the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing.
Melissa is currently pursuing a PhD in choral pedagogy at the University of Kansas where she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, teaching undergraduate courses in Choral Conducting, Secondary Choral Methods, and conducting one of the universitys choirs. Melissas research interests are effects of choral conducting gestures on choir sound, hearing dosage and hearing conservation in choir contexts, and choir spacing. She has been published in the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. Refereed research presentations to date include the Eighth International Phenomenon of Singing Symposium, the 2012 Biennial Music Educators National Conference, the Kansas Music Educators Conference, and the 6th International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing.