Floyd Rigby is the founding Director of the Southern Utah Heritage Choir. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Southern Utah University in Vocal Performance, and earned his Master’s Degree and pursued doctoral studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

While enjoying a rich career as baritone soloist, he soon discovered the choral arts were his first love, that it was far more rewarding to have an ensemble of musical friends share the spirit and joy of music, than perform by himself.  Mr. Rigby studied choral directing with Carl Zytowski, Paul Salamunovich and Dr. Blaine Johnson. He has taught choral music and given vocal instruction on the high school and college levels, where his students and choirs have received wide acclaim. He served on the Board of Directors of the Utah Arts council and as the St. George Arts Commission Chairman.

He is married to the love of his life, Claire.  Together they share their busy lives with their six children and the twenty-seven Grandchildren.

Dr. Nancy Allred is Assistant Professor of Music at Dixie State College. She chairs the piano faculty and has developed a piano pedagogy program at Dixie State College. She teaches classes in piano pedagogy, piano literature, and private piano. An accomplished soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Allred is a very busy accompanist! Previously, she was the accompanist for the BYU Singers, with whom she toured Eastern and Western Europe. She has been the accompanist for the Southwest Symphonic Chorale, and since 2002 she was the assistant conductor and accompanist for the Heritage Choir. She has toured with the Heritage Choir to England, Scotland, Washington, D.C., the Midwest, and most recently to China.

Dr. Allred received her bachelor's and master's degree in piano performance from Brigham Young University, where she was a student of Paul Pollei and Robert Smith. She received her doctorate in piano performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City where she was a student of Joanne Baker. Dr. Allred is the mother of four children.

Molly Person began playing the piano at age 4, and was a student of Lori Birmingham, Lisa Pusey, Yevgenia Oleskevich, Tracy Bradshaw, and most recently, Dr. Nancy Allred.  From 1998-2002, she studied music primarily with Dr. Keith Bradshaw and Mark Taylor at Southern Virginia University, during which time she served as the accompanist for the Chamber Choir and many other student and faculty vocal and instrumental performances.  In 2005, she completed her Master's in Music Education at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, from which she is currently working toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Education. 

Since moving to St. George in 2007, Molly served for a short time as an accompanist for Lieto Voices! under the direction of Norm Lister, she accompanied the first Washington County District High School Honor Choir under the direction of Ken Peterson, and had the pleasure of accompanying portions of the Southern Utah Heritage Choir concert with guest violinist Jenny Oaks Baker.  She has also participated in the Heritage Choir, as a 2nd Soprano, since November 2007.  Molly chose to pursue music education as a profession when she was 16 and is currently the Choral Director at Desert Hills Middle and Desert Hills High Schools.