Kelsey Emmanuel, MM

Choral Intern, Kansas City

Kelsey Dingman Emmanuel began her tenure as Choral Intern in June 2023. She holds the Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Central Missouri, from which she was chosen for All-Collegiate Choir. She holds the Master of Music in Choral conducting from Missouri State University, and presently serves as a Music Educator in the North Kansas City School District. Kelsey has been an entrepreneurial conductor from her college days, creating and directing an advanced a cappella ensemble in 2014, and helping prepare the Missouri State University Men's Choir for a performance at the Missouri Music Educator's Association conference in 2018. She performed with the MSU Concert Choir in 2017 for the inauguration of President Trump in Washington, DC. She has performed in professional choir recording sessions for Walton Music in 2017 and 2018. Kelsey served as a staff singer for St. John's Episcopal Church in Springfield, Missouri, from 2017-2018, and for the Linden Baptist Church in Kansas City. She was appointed to membership in The William Baker Festival Singers in 2023.