Margaret Vance Shelley

Margaret Ann (“Peg”) Shelley Vance (30 July 1925 - 18 May 2008) was an American composer and music educator who is best remembered today for her compositions and arrangements for choirs.

Vance was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Dora Aldona Kidd and Harold E. Shelley. and the University of Portland, where she chaired the Fine Arts Department and served as the interim Dean of Education.

Vance published several collections and series of music for choirs:

Music for Advancing Choirs Music for Young Choirs Secular Music for Treble Voices (with Lee Kjelson) and G. Schirmer Inc. Her works for choir include:Angelico (Haitian folk song arranged by Vance) Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella (The) Holly and the Ivy March of the Kings - French folk song Night Before Christmas (text by Clement Clarke Moore; music by Johnny Marks; arranged by Lee Kjelson and Vance) Pretty Saro (Appalachian folk song arranged by Vance) Reuben and Rachel Ring Around the World'' (text by Annette Wynne)