Meet the Director

RaNae Dalgleish
Director of Hillcrest Choirs and Orchestra

Hello! My name is RaNae Dalgleish and I am the director of the choirs and orchestra

at Hillcrest High School. I also have had the privilege of teaching orchestra at Union

Middle School for the last two years. I am in my sixth year of teaching at Hillcrest and

LOVE my job! I can’t think of anywhere I would rather be then hanging around with my

amazing, talented and funny students!

Just a little bit about me… I started playing the violin at age 4 (my mom used to brag

that I could read notes before I could read words!) and feel that my violin is definitely

my first love! I picked up the viola, cello and guitar along the way. I attended Utah State

University on full violin scholarship for 2 years where I majored in violin performance.

I transferred to the University of Utah (again on full violin scholarship) but changed my

major to Music Education. After graduation I was hired by Granite School District where

I taught for 9 years. My assignments varied from elementary music to Director of Choirs

at Olympus High. I “retired” from public education for 14 years to raise my growing

family of 5 children—all the while maintaining a private violin/viola studio between 25-

45 students.

A fun bit of trivia about my family for you…all of my own children have belonged to

the Hillcrest Husky Performing Arts! I have loved and admired their teachers and the

passion with which they were taught. In my wildest dreams I never would have guessed

that I would one day be a teacher at HHS—my own children’s school!

Some of the things I love most…my family, my students, diet coke, singing Alto II in

the Salt Lake Choral Artists Concert Choir and… as of last week…the Salt Lake Vocal

Artists, traveling to exotic countries, hearts of all kinds, listening to music, playing music

on my violin and singing music with my voice, laughing, chocolate, snorkeling, painting

ceramics, shopping and last but not least…wearing colorful lipstick!

Welcome everyone, to our new choir blogspot! I hope you enjoy your time in the choir

and make many friends and have many happy memories as a Husky singer!