Lynne Gackle is Professor Emerita at Baylor University where she served as the Director of Choral Activities and Ensemble Division Chair. An active choral clinician/conductor nationally, she has held several positions within ACDA, including National President, Southern Region President, President Florida-ACDA, and TCDA VP-College/Community Choirs. Internationally recognized for her research on the female adolescent voice, Lynne is the author of Finding Ophelia’s Voice, Opening Ophelia’s Heart. She is a contributing author for other books published by GIA, Oxford, and Hal Leonard/McGraw-Hill. Gackle serves on the Editorial Board of Walton Music and editor for the Lynne Gackle Choral Series (Colla Voce).