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Founder

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Kay Asay

Kay Asay founded the Utah Children's Choir in 1984, and is recognized throughout the country for her excellent work with children's choirs. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Adams State College in Colorado. Miss Asay studied under Dr. Doreen Rao in the Choral Music Education Institute, receiving the Artist/Teacher diploma in London, England. She also studied at the Intermuse Academy at BYU and received Kodály certification.  She served for thirteen years as the Utah State Children's Choir Chair for the American Choral Directors Association. Miss Asay has been guest clinician and conductor at local festivals. She has been nominated in "Who's Who among American Teachers" four different times. Miss Asay also teaches flute and maintains her studio in her home in Alpine, Utah.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PG

Lead Director, Lehi

Melody Paskett

Melody Paskett earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music, with Choral Education emphasis, and a minor in Japanese from Brigham Young University. She was an Associate Director as well as a founding Board Member for Cantus Youth Choirs, a large nonprofit community choir for grades 3-12 in the Boise, Idaho, area for 10 years before relocating to Lehi, Utah in 2019.

Mrs. Paskett has enjoyed performing all of her life, dancing and singing from a young age in numerous musical theater, ballet, jazz, and choral ensembles, including High School All-Northwest Choir, the BYU Women’s Chorus, BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble’s Performing Arts Company and the Utah Symphony Chorus. As an avid supporter of community arts programs, she has performed in various music and theater groups in Oregon, Arizona, Utah and Idaho. She currently sings with Timpanogos Chorale, based in American Fork, Utah, and serves as Secretary of the Board. She earned Level 1 Kodály certification at Intermuse Academy in 2023.

She is active in church music and has served as administrative director of music, cultural arts, and as the Meridian Idaho Temple Dedication Music Chair. In her broad range of experiences organizing, performing in, and directing ensembles and events, she has been responsible for large-scale projects requiring extensive organization, fiscal management and accountability, and communication.

Mrs. Paskett has been married to Mark Paskett since 1994; they have five children and two grandchildren.

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ACCOMPANIST

Heidi Rodeback

Heidi Rodeback is a frequent accompanist and ensemble artist on the Utah Valley musical scene.  Recent choral engagements include the Utah Children's Choir and the Timpanogos Chorale. A performer from an early age, Ms. Rodeback has concertized in Ithaca, New York; Sharon, Pennsylvania, and her native Seattle. She holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University, where she wrote an honors thesis on the work of Modeste Mussorgsky. Subsequent university study includes the Colby College Piano Institute, where she participated in master classes with Anthony di Bonaventura.

Assistant Director, Lehi

Genevieve Kopping

Genevieve Kopping studied vocal performance at CSU, Chico from 1998-2000 and earned a BS in University Studies through BYU Idaho in 2018. In 2023, she completed her Music Technology certification through UVU and Kodaly Level 1 certification through BYU Intermuse. 

She married Andrew in 1999 and they have four children. Outside the music sector, she has led events for various non-profit organizations such as Treasure Valley Down Syndrome Association, iCan Bike, Scouting, and Wood Badge leadership training. She is very passionate about promoting inclusion through interfaith, neurodiverse, intergenerational, and multicultural experiences. 

Since 2002, Mrs. Kopping has directed church and community choirs, women's pop ensembles, and 100+ member children's church choirs throughout Utah, California, and Idaho. She performed with and was a frequent soloist in the Red Bluff (CA) Messiah Project, A Cappella Choir at CSU, Chico, along with a variety of jazz/pop/ musical theatre ensembles and church choirs. In Utah, she has performed in choirs for the Church Music Festival, Christmas at Temple Square, and Caleb Chapman's Salt City Rock Choir. She has taught private voice since 2004 and continues to do so at her home studio in Saratoga Springs. She currently serves as the music chair for the Lehi Arts Council, directs the Lehi Community Choirs, and leads the music at her local church.