Dr. Melissa Walker Glenn is an associate professor of voice and the vocal studies director at Utah Tech University. She holds degrees in vocal performance from BYU–Hawaii, the Eastman School of Music, and Arizona State University. Dr. Glenn has performed as a soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Early Music Hawaii, Cantus Spiritus, Honolulu Bach Chamber Orchestra, and True Concord Voices and Orchestra. She will be performing the role of Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man this summer with American Crossroads Theatre and recently played Mrs. Weston in Jane Austen’s Emma with St. George Musical Theatre. She has also worked as a recording artist with Priddis Music and as a seasonal caroler at Disneyland with Goode Time Productions.

Dr. Glenn’s students have been accepted on scholarship for graduate degrees at major universities, including Indiana University, Berklee College of Music, New York University, and the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Glenn is committed to utilizing the arts as a vehicle for humanitarian work. She has organized benefit concerts for war victims in Ukraine and anti-trafficking organizations in India, spearheaded a song cycle project based on the poetry of trafficking survivors in India, and written the music and lyrics to a new musical, Gingerbread, a socially conscious reimagining of Hansel and Gretel. The world premiere was produced at Utah Tech University in November 2025, which she also music directed.