Michelle Dykes
Part-time, Instructor of Music
mdykes@wmcarey.edu
Department: Music
Mrs. Michelle Dykes holds bachelor’s degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University, and a master’s degree from William Carey, with a concentration on clarinet, voice, and saxophone. Mrs. Dykes has been teaching at William Carey since 2012 and was an adjunct instructor at the University of Mobile prior to Carey. She has a current Mississippi teaching license in K-12 instrumental and vocal music and is an active member of the MMTA and the MTNA.
Mrs. Dykes is the principal clarinetist of the ElseWhen Orchestra in Mobile, AL and performs with the William Carey Symphony Orchestra, the City of Hattiesburg Concert Band, and the Hub City Swing Band. She previously played in the University of Mobile Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Wind Symphony, and many other ensembles across the southern states.
Mrs. Dykes currently assists in leading worship as a vocal soloist at her local church. She has also led worship for women’s conferences and has been a guest soloist for many church events and community concerts. Vocal highlights include performing vocal duets with worship artists, Charles Billingsley & Larnelle Harris, and performing leading roles in the operas Hansel and Gretel and Amahl and the Night Visitors.
In addition to teaching classroom music, band, woodwind clinics, and church vocal ensembles, Mrs. Dykes has been teaching private lessons on clarinet, voice, and saxophone since 1995. Many of her instrumental students have earned jobs as band directors and woodwind specialists, and her vocal students have filled various leadership roles in worship ministry.
