Jeff Talley, a native of Colorado, received his Bachelors of Music Education degree in 1986 from the University of Northern Colorado and his Masters of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1998. His choral music career began in 1987 in Jeffco Schools, and consists of 33 years as a high school director at Arvada High School, Jefferson High School and Standley Lake high school. He retired from Ralston Valley High School in June of 2020 after opening the school in 2000 and serving 20 years as a proud member of the original staff as well as Music Department Chair and Assistant Marching Band Director. He has directed or music directed over 30 shows and musicals from Once Upon a Mattress to Spamalot. He also served on the CMEA state board, ACDA state board and the Colorado All State Choir Governing Board for nearly half of his career. On the Colorado All State Governing Board serving in numerous roles including Chair-Elect and Chair. His choirs have been selected to sing at Colorado Music Educator’s Clinic Conference (2012 and 2020), and a national festival in New York City (2005). He also has served as a free lance singer and conductor at numerous churches and synagogues in the Denver region. He is also active as a clinician for high school choirs across the State of Colorado.