Halley Radebaugh is in her eleventh year of teaching and is the head choir director at Renner Middle School in Plano ISD. She began her teaching career at Arbor Creek Middle School in Lewisville ISD, where she had the honor of co-directing the Bel Canto Choir at TMEA in 2017. Under her direction, the Renner choirs have received consistent superior ratings at festivals and UIL Evaluations. In 2022, the Renner A Cappella Treble Choir was invited to perform at the Texas Music Education Association's annual convention in San Antonio. Recently, Halley has been serving often as an All-Region Choir clinician, contest adjudicator, and section leader for the TCDA All-State Elementary Honor Choir in San Antonio. 

Halley holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. She is also one of the Administrative Directors at the TCU All-State Choir Camp. As a student at TCU, Halley sang in multiple ensembles, including the TCU Concert Chorale, Fort Worth Symphonic Choir, and the Fort Worth Baroque Society. She was awarded the TCU Faculty Scholarship and spent multiple semesters on the Dean’s List. She held leadership positions in Mu Phi Epsilon, Epsilon Epsilon chapter for multiple years while at TCU. 

Halley is a resident of Plano, Texas, which is where she grew up and learned to love choral music while attending Plano West Senior High School. While she was a student there, Halley earned membership in the TMEA All-State Mixed Choir in 2007, which she credits as the experience that drove her to pursue music education. 

In her spare time, Halley likes to spend time with her friends and family, hang out with her husband and dog, and binge procedural crime dramas and cooking competition shows. She is an active member of TMEA (Former MS/JH Coordinator) and TCDA. She is currently serving as the Music Advisory Committee Representative for Region 25.