Kelly DeHaan, Artistic Director
Kelly DeHaan received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in choral education and choral conducting from the University of Utah. Kelly taught choir at West Jordan High School from 1997 to 2019 and is currently teaching at Mountain Ridge High School in Herriman. He is known for his devotion to his students. As a teacher he was awarded the O.C. Tanner Recognition Award in 2003, the Jordan Education Foundation Outstanding Educator Award in 2008, the UMEA Music Educator of the Year Award in 2009, the Utah Educators Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014, the Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education in 2016, the WorldStrides Teacher of the Year in 2018, the PTA Outstanding Educator of the Year Award for the state of Utah in 2023, and Jordan School District Teacher of the Year Award in 2025. He is also a quarterfinalist for a Grammy Award in Music Education for 2025. Kelly was the assistant accompanist and associate director for the Utah Symphony Chorus and has been seen on stage at many of the local theaters along the Wasatch Front. He has been working as a music director for the Hale Centre Theatre since 1997 where he received the Broadway World Music Director of the Year Award. He has also musically directed many shows at other local regional and community theaters. He is a respected honor choir clinician and accompanist, and is a sought after vocal coach and studio musician. Kelly was a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and in 2005, he had the distinct honor of being the conductor for the 16,000 voice Day of Celebration Choir for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was the conductor for the Sterling Singers, a high quality community choir of 380 singers, from 1996 to 2016 and has been working with Utah Voices since 2011. He is the proud father of four, grandfather of four, and husband of one.
Eric Noyes, Associate Conductor
Eric loves teaching music! He holds degrees in music education from Brigham Young University and Central Washington University. He teaches choir and musical theatre classes at South Hills Middle School in Riverton, Utah, where he enjoys teaching his students how to perform music excellently. He also is the school’s lead instructional coach. In 2019, Eric was given the Jordan Education Foundation Outstanding Educator Award for his work at South Hills. Eric loves working with any age group, whether it’s teaching church music to children, teenagers in school, young adults in university choirs, or adults in a community choir. If there’s a chance to teach music, Eric wants to be there. However, his all-time most favorite music teaching happens when he helps his three children with their lessons.
Tanner DeHaan, Principal Accompanist
Tanner has a BA in Choral Music Education from the University of Utah. He currently teaches choir at Bountiful Junior High School and is the Director for Hale Centre Theatre's "Stars" choir. Tanner has frequently collaborated as a pianist in theatres around the valley, including Hale Centre Theatre, The Eccles Theater, and Pioneer Theater Company. In addition to his work in the musical theater world, he has enjoyed accompanying Honor and All-State choirs, vocalists, and instrumentalists. He has also found fulfillment in composing and arranging for choir and orchestra in recent years. In 2015 Tanner traveled to France with the University of Utah Chamber Choir where the choir received first prize in the Florilége Vocal de Tours competition. He is at his most joyful when spending time with Elizabeth, to whom he is happily married, and with his two daughters, Eve and Charlotte.
