About Me

IMG_8231Johnny C. Matlock was born and raised in Arkansas where he attended Harding University and graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Music Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Bible.  In 1988, he received his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music where he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Eph Ehly.  He completed the Master of Arts in Religion degree in 1991 from Harding Graduate School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee.  During his 30 years as a music educator, Matlock has taught both at the high school (22 years) and middle level (8 years).   His choirs have performed at the KMEA In-Service workshop at the middle and high school level. He retired from the choral director position at Hays High School in 2018 to launch a piano and voice studio in downtown Hays with an enrollment of over 70 students.   He maintains membership in the National Association of Teachers of Singing, American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and the Piano Technicians Guild. In July, 2020, he was honored by the Kansas Choral Directors Association with the Harry Robert Wilson Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the choral art. In addition to the studio work, he is the director of the Hays First United Methodist Chancel Choir.  He loves teaching music and life with his wife Sherri, daughter Jordan and son-in law, Jay, (when he is not teaching he is playing with his two grandchildren Bo and Rhen) and daughter Shelby and husband Micah.