Madeline Styskal is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music composition at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where she has studied composition under Robert Smith and David Ashley White, and piano performance with Tali Morgulis. Highlights from the start of her career include multiple collaborations with HGOco, WITS, and area primary schools through the MyVoice project in 2015; a commission by the Kingwood Park High School Chamber Orchestra in 2016; the Veteran’s Songbook Project in 2016; and writing for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception choir in Moscow. Whether texted or instrumental, her works typically find their grounding in storytelling.