Dr. Michael Huff

Artistic Director

Dr. Michael Huff is the Artistic Director and Conductor of Utah’s newest choir, Utah Voices, Artistic Director of Heritage Festivals’ Festival of Gold™ Series, and has recently joined the faculty of Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts where he is Director of Special Programs, and a Visiting Professor with the Department of Music.

An accomplished pianist, conductor, arranger, and event producer, he spent over a decade as Associate Conductor and Principal Accompanist for the Utah Symphony Chorus, as Music Director of the South Davis Civic Chorale an Orchestra, and is in steady demand as a conductor, pianist, clinician, adjudicator, and teacher. His reputation as an inspiring and innovative conductor is growing, and he has led Honor Ensembles and All-State Choirs in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Missouri, California, Chicago, Boston, Oregon, and Vermont. Last season he was keynote speaker at the Vermont Music Educator’s Conference.

Equally at home with instrumental music, Dr. Huff has led orchestras, bands, jazz bands, rock bands, and country bands. He has been the producer and director of the annually televised Liberty Bowl Halftime Finale in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1989, where he has worked with such artists as B.B. King, Three Dog Night, Cybill Shepherd, Little Richard, The Beach Boys, Lee Greenwood, Clint Black, Alabama, LeAnn Rimes, and Sara Evans. He has also arranged music for and produced shows at the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL), Alamo Bowl (San Antonio), Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego), Copper Bowl (Tucson), and Las Vegas Bowl. In December 2010, he led the orchestra for David Archuleta’s “Christmas From the Heart” National Tour in Salt Lake City, and Rexburg, Idaho.

Dr. Huff holds music degrees from the University of Utah, and Arizona State University. His professional life has taken him nearly around the world, and to stages in many of the world’s great musical cities.

He and his wife, Susan, are the parents of six thriving children.

Kelly DeHaan

Associate Conductor & Principal Accompanist

Kelly DeHaan is Associate Conductor and Principal Accompanist for Utah Voices. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in choral education and choral conducting from the University of Utah.  Kelly has been teaching high school choir at his beloved West Jordan High School since 1997 and is devoted to his students.  He has been selected 2009/2010 UHSAA Music Educator of the Year.

Shortly after receiving his BA, Kelly was recruited to be the Assistant Conductor and Accompanist for the Utah Symphony Chorus.  Kelly has been seen on stage at many of the local theaters in the Salt Lake Valley.  He has also musically directed many shows at the Grand Theater, the Hale Centre Theatre, and at the Conference Center Theater.

Kelly is a sought after vocal teacher and coach. He is a respected clinician and accompanist, and has been on the selection committee for the Young Performing Missionaries in Nauvoo Illinois.  Kelly is also a busy studio musician, and has sung several seasons with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. In 2005, he had the distinct honor of being the conductor for the 16,000-voice LDS Church Day of Celebration Choir. Kelly has been conducting the Sterling Singers, a high quality community choir, since 1996, and has prepared and performed many major works, including the debut of Crawford Gates’ “Joseph, Joseph”.

Natalie Campbell

Associate Accompanist

Natalie Campbell studied music at the University of Utah where she earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano performance. She was a four-year recipient of the music department’s Gerald R. Tracy scholarship. Natalie’s teachers included Dr. Susan Duehlmeier and Gladys Gladstone Rosenberg. While at the University Natalie accompanied the Concert Chorale and taught on the Piano Preparatory Division Faculty teaching private piano lessons and Kindermusik classes.

In 1991 Natalie was the winner of the University of Utah Piano Division Concerto Competition, and in 1992 Natalie won first place in the Senior Division of the Utah State Fair Music Competition.

She and her husband, Todd, are the parents of five children.