As Children’s Worship Arts Coordinator, Stacy Porter serves a program of over 170 children and 55 adults. Stacy is in her 12th year as Children’s Worship Arts Coordinator and Fine Arts Academy Director for First Baptist Church of Keller located in Keller, Texas. She completed her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Sam Houston State University in 1990. Stacy has over 30 years teaching experience in the church, public schools and in private instruction.

She has been married to Matt Porter for more than 24 years, and she is the mother of 3 sons. The Porter family resides in Keller, Texas.

Amanda Singer grew up singing with her family and is a product of Southern Baptist music ministry. She has double degrees in vocal performance and music education from Jacksonville State in north Alabama and dual masters from Southern Methodist University in choral conducting and church music at the Perkins School of Theology. She taught elementary music in a suburb of Houston and currently teaches piano at the same high school her sons attended. The bulk of her career has been spent as a music minister for several Methodist churches and 23 years on staff at Community Bible Church in San Antonio, where she pioneered a Kids Choir Program that served as a catalyst for churches across the country in multi-gen ministry and is a source of original music/arrangements and resources for adult and children's choirs through Lifeway, Lillenas and Prism Music. Amanda connects with kids, inspiring them to high levels of musicianship but more importantly to worship. Amanda considers the high school a mission field and also leads worship weekly in a previous multi-site of CBC, Heights Community Church in San Antonio, and is excited to start a Kids Choir there September '21.

Amanda and her husband, Garry, live in Bulverde, a suburb of San Antonio.

Missy Iley has directed the children's choir program at First Baptist Lewisville since 2009 and has been involved in children's choirs since 1999. Having worked with children and students of all ages, working with preschoolers is most definitely her "jam." For the past four years developed a music program for FBC Lewisville's First Steps two-day preschool program and for the past three, taught classes with her daughter, Sarah.

Sarah Iley Corrales is the by-product of a successful children's and student choir program. She has directed FBC Lewisville's Pre-K/K for two years. Sarah will graduate from the University of North Texas in December 2022 with her Bachelors in Education EC-6 with a Certification in Special Education EC-12.

Terry Taylor is Managing Editor of Growing in Grace Children’s Music Curriculum, a comprehensive faith-based resource in use in over 1000 churches and schools in 40 states. From 1980-2012 Terry served as a full-time Minister of Music. He received a BCM from Belmont University and a MCM from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Terry is widely respected for his creativity, advocacy, and leadership in music ministry with children. He is the founder and director of the Children’s Freedom Choir and Music City SoundTracks, which reach out to socially and economically challenged children in south Nashville.

Terry has two young-adult children, Carrie Beth and Jeremy, and three pretty-much-perfect grandchildren, Cayden, IsaBeall, and Hudson.

Mark Burrows is a composer, conductor, and educator whose music is published by many major houses. Mark’s works are featured on numerous state and festival lists, and he receives multiple commissions each year for groups ranging from children’s choirs to adult ensembles to intergenerational festival choirs.

Mark received his undergraduate degree in music education from Southern Methodist University and his graduate degree in conducting from Texas Christian University.

Mark is currently Director of Children’s Ministries at First United Methodist Church, Fort Worth. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife, Nina, and their daughters, Emma and Grace.

David Talaguit often writes music for Mesquite ISD of which the most recent was a commissioned piece, “Light Shines Brightest”, performed by MISD teachers to uplift students during the 2020 lockdown. His works have been featured in many of MISD’s Elementary Fine Arts Festivals. One of his passions is conducting Orff-based Music Seminars which he has been privileged to do in Dallas, Amarillo, Alabama, Honduras and most recently, back to his roots, the Philippines. His latest work includes being the guest conductor of Wylie ISD’s 4th Grade All City Choir virtual concert, which featured his composition “Por La Vida”. He has been the general music teacher at Motley Elementary School and Music Director for Biblical Community Church since 1998.

David studied Music Education with Voice concentration at SMU Meadows School of the Arts. He also finished his Orff Levels certification from the same institution.