Michael Chandler lives in Dallas and is the K-5 classroom music specialist at Parkway Elementary in Lewisville, Texas, where he directs the Parkway "Panther" Choir and the fifth grade instrumental and movement ensemble, Schulspiel. In 2007, Schulspiel performed at the annual Texas Music Educators Association clinic/convention in San Antonio as one of the invited elementary ensembles. Michael holds a Master of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and is also completing a Master of Arts degree in music education with an Orff Schulwerk concentration at the University of St. Thomas. He is currently serving a three-year term on the National Board of Trustees of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Michael teaches in Orff Schulwerk certification programs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.