Soloist Kevin Memley
Kevin A. Memley is a choral composer and pianist with over 70 published works
to his credit. His music has been performed around the world. He has conducted his
works in Carnegie Hall, has been featured prominently in choral music conventions, and
is commissioned frequently for new works.
Memley is currently the full time Music Minister of the Kingsburg Community
Church. He directs the choir and encourages musical literacy in the Kingsburg
community. He holds a Designated Subjects Credential in Multimedia from Fresno
Pacific University and has taught music in public schools for 28 years.
Kevin is married to Melody Memley. He lives in Fresno, CA, with his wife and
three sons, Mark, John and Kyle.
Bio
Soloist Melody Memley
Melody Memley is a teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing at American Union
Elementary School for the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools. She holds a B.A.
and M.A in Communicative Sciences and Disorders with a concentration in Deaf
Education from California State University, Fresno. She has also served as an itinerant
DHH teacher, speech and listening skills teacher, and teacher of the severely disabled in
Merced and Atwater.
As a musician from childhood, Melody has studied piano and voice, She has
performed at Carnegie Hall and Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theatre. Melody has sung with
Fresno Pacific University’s San Joaquin Chorale and with the Kingsburg Community
Church choir. Melody has lent her voice to the Kevin A. Memley Studio Chorale for 18
years, providing recordings for much of her husband’s compositions.
Melody is married to Kevin Memley. She lives in Fresno with Kevin and their
three boys, Mark, John, and Kyle.