Dr. Guy Forbes holds a PhD in music education from the University of Florida and a Master of Music in choral conducting from Florida State University. He currently serves as Coordinator of Music Education and Associate Conductor of Choirs.

Dr. Forbes teaches senior-level music education classes and conducting; he also directs the Freshman Women's Ensemble and the Chamber Chorale. He is on the Executive Board for the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Assn. (IL-ACDA) and serves as Editor for the "Conductors' Podium," a publication of IL-ACDA. In March of 2001, he presented a research paper on "Repertoire Selection Practices of High School Choral Directors" at the national ACDA convention in San Antonio. Dr. Forbes has served as a clinician and conductor for IMEA District Choral Festivals across the midwest and Florida.

Ted Hesse is a Lecturer of Music at Millikin University. He conducts the University Women's Choir, Concert Choir and has conducted several of Millikin's opera theatre productions.

He also teaches voice, music theory and conducting. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Millikin University and his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Northern Iowa. He also attended the University of Minnesota where he studied music education.

Dr. Brad Holmes received the M.M. degree in conducting from the University of New Mexico and the D.M.A. degree in choral music from Arizona State University. Previous positions range from choral director for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra to church choir positions, from working in the public schools to conducting light-opera in civic theatres. Between 1985-1991 Dr. Holmes was Associate Director of Choirs at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He has been Director of Choir Programs at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois since 1991. 

In his fifteen years at Millikin Dr. Holmes has overseen the growth of the choral program to five traditional choirs and a variety of smaller vocal ensembles involving 250 students and six choral/vocal ensemble staff. In addition to conducting the University Choir and Concert Choir, Dr. Holmes teaches classes in conducting and choral methods. He is artistic director for Millikin's annual Christmas Vespers, an event that attracts 6,500 people each year, as well as a frequent guest conductor of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra. 

Dr. Holmes's extensive guest conducting schedule has included All-State and District festivals as well as church music clinics throughout the United States. Internationally, he has served as Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College in Cambridge, England. He has conducted choirs in over 30 countries in Europe, South America, East Asia, the South Pacific and Australia.

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