Dr. Kristin Griffeath, soprano, grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, and has more than 15 years of experience teaching music at the elementary and collegiate levels. Griffeath attended the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, where she double majored in Music Education (Choral/Vocal) and Piano Performance. She studied voice at the University of Arizona in Tucson, teaching elementary music while earning a master’s degree in performance. At the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, she pursued a DMA in vocal performance and a second master’s degree in musicology. After 12 years of teaching voice, music history, and opera as a professor at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma, she relocated with her family to the Fargo-Moorhead area in Fall 2023. She currently teaches elementary music for the West Fargo Public School District at Horace Elementary, where she enjoys helping young musicians discover the amazing world of music-making.