Jonathan Palant is Associate Dean of the Arts and Director of Choirs at the University of Texas at Dallas and is conductor of both Credo, a 130-member community choir, and the Dallas Street Choir, a musical outlet for those affected by homelessness. In late 2017, the Dallas Morning News named Palant one of nine “Texan of the Year” finalists, and in 2016, Musical America named him one of their “Innovators of the Year” for establishing the Dallas Street Choir. Both Palant’s book, Brothers, Sing On! Conducting the Tenor-Bass Choir, and The Jonathan Palant Choral Series are published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. Dr. Palant holds degrees from Michigan State University, Temple University, and the University of Michigan.