After teaching vocal music forty-four years in the Sioux Falls Schools, Glenyta Hanson retired in May of 2007. She taught at all levels in Sioux Falls beginning at Cleveland Elementary School, Patrick Henry and Axtell Park Junior High Schools and for the last sixteen years was at Lincoln Senior High School.

A graduate of Canton High School, Mrs. Hanson sang in the 1958 All State Chorus held in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She still remembers the sound of the first chord at the All State rehearsal and the tingling sensation the chord made in her body. It was an awesome feeling to be singing with students from all around the state.

Mrs. Hanson holds both a BA and an MA from Augustana College in Sioux Falls and has done extensive post-graduate work at numerous colleges and universities.

During her career in junior high and high school, her choirs sang at many state conventions and last year was one of six choirs selected for the NCMENC Convention. Several of her students have been selected to sing in state, regional and national honor choirs. Mrs. Hanson's choirs have traveled to Colorado, Washington, D.C., New York City, Winnipeg, Boston and San Francisco and have sung in fine acoustical settings such as the Air Force Academy, United Nations, Lincoln Center, St. John the Divine in New York City, Washington Cathedral, Georgetown University, Harvard University, San Francisco Conservatory, and the Kennedy Center as part of the Presidential Inaugural festivities.

Mrs. Hanson was the director of the Singing Boys of Sioux Falls, a community boychoir, for nineteen years and has been the SDACDA Boychoir Chair for the past two years. Mrs. Hanson has been on various boards in the community and also served as a Girl Scout Leader and PTA President. Mrs. Hanson is currently the choir director at Eastside Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Hanson has been very active in MENC. She has been on the SDMEA board for forty years and is currently the state manager of that organization. She received the SDMEA Distinguished Service to Music Award in October of 2005. Mrs. Hanson is also a lifetime member of ACDA. She currently serves as the North Central ACDA Senior High Repertoire and Standards Chair. In 2006, Mrs. Hanson received the SD-ACDA Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her significant impact on the lives of students in the pursuit of excellence in choral music. In 2007, she was the recipient of the SDHSAA Distinguished Service to Music Award. In 2008, Mrs. Hanson received the Sioux Falls Mayor's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Performing Arts.