Dr. Chelsea Majkut earned a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Central Oklahoma where she studied composition with Dr. L. Keith White and bassoon with Dr. Lori Wooden. She earned her Master of Music degree from Stephen F. Austin State University where she studied composition with Dr. Stephen Lias and Dr. Maria Grenfell. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma where she studied composition with Dr. Roland Barrett and Dr. Marvin Lamb. Chelsea is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Society of Composer's Inc., Composers and Schools in Concert, ASCAP, College Music Society, American Composers Forum, is an Honorary Member of Tau Beta Sigma, and was a finalist in the 2017/18 American Prize in Composition and a semifinalist for the 2021 Prize. Dr. Majkut is an adjunct instructor at Southern Oregon University and Rogue Community college where she teaches Music Theory, Aural Skills, Film Music, and Music Appreciation.