McKinney Summer Musicals

Noelle Chesney, Vocal Director

Noelle Chesney, a native Texan, graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor of music degree and from The Ohio State University with master and doctoral degrees, also in music.

She has been a member of the music faculty at Whitman College, East Tennessee State University, and Texas Wesleyan University and has performed with numerous operatic companies and orchestras including the Mid-Columbia Symphony, Dallas Lyric Opera, Columbus Light Opera, and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.

She has participated in McKinney Summer Musicals for the past three years, as Millie in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man, and Lady Thiang in The King and I.

She currently serves as the Director of Music Ministry at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Noelle lives in McKinney with her husband Thom who works for the University of Texas at Dallas. They have two children, Drew (9) and Ellen (5).