Jonathan Palant is Associate Dean of the Arts and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at Dallas and is founder of both the Credo Community Choir and the Dallas Street Choir. Palant serves as president emeritus of the National Alliance for Music in Vulnerable Communities, SWACDA R&S chair of community choirs, and sits on the board of directors of the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses. In 2017, the Dallas Morning News named Palant one of nine “Texan of the Year” finalists, and in 2016, Musical America named him an “Innovator of the Year” for establishing the Dallas Street Choir.