Phone: 724-503-1001 x6115
Office: Olin 111
Email: smedley@kartacab.com
Susan Medley, D.M.A.
Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities
Academic Program: Gender & Women's Studies, Music, Music Literature & Theory, Music Media, Music Performance
Degrees: D.M.A. Choral Conducting, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; M.M. Accompanying, University of Akron; B.M. Music Education, Kent State University
苏珊·麦德利(Susan Medley)是华盛顿大学合唱活动主任和音乐教授 & Jefferson College. She joined the W&J faculty in 2004 and conducts the W&J Choir and Camerata Singers, and teaches conducting and music theory. She has led numerous county, district and regional high choir festivals and is known for her support and encouragement of high school choral directors.
In addition to her duties at W&J, Medley serves as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Concert Chorale, the region’s premiere all-volunteer large ensemble. She was Associate Conductor of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s chorus, from 2008 to 2012 and Music Director and Conductor of the Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh from 2009 to 2013. Prior to coming to W&J . J .，她是纽约市卡内基音乐厅的教育副主任. 在该职位上，她作为该部的全国发言人代表该部. As founding conductor of the Carnegie Hall High School Choral Festivals she led diverse high school choirs and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in performances of choral/orchestra masterworks.. She also held the position of Music Director of The Central City Chorus, a 60-voice community chorus in midtown Manhattan.
Dr. Medley’s choirs have been recognized nationally. The W&J Camerata歌手是美国合唱表演奖的第一批获奖者, College/University Division. The following year the Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh was awarded The American Prize in Choral Performance, High School Division. The W&J Camerata Singers have appeared by invitation at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City, on the Great Artistsconcert series at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City, and at state and regional conferences of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and the National Association for Music Education. In 2017 current and alumni Camerata Singers toured Europe, performing in Prague, Vienna, Linz, and Salzburg.
Dr. Medley has led performances in Italy, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, 包括在维也纳的斯蒂芬多姆和威尼斯的圣马可大教堂演出. She served as a guest conductor of the Kuala Lumpur Young Singers Choral Festival and led workshops for choirs and conductors throughout Malaysia. 在东南亚期间，她与W&J and Lingnan University in Hong Kong. 她曾在贝尼多姆中心为莎拉·布莱曼(Sarah Brightman)准备合唱团，并在海因茨音乐厅(Heinz Hall)领导合唱团, the Chautauqua Institution, and Carnegie Music Hall’s Stern Auditorium in New York. 她的合唱团经常出现在匹兹堡的古典音乐电台WQED fm上.
Dr. 麦德利曾在宾夕法尼亚州美国合唱指挥协会担任多个州办事处, including President from 2017-2019. 获得PMEA第1区优秀奖和肯特州立大学休A. Glauser School of Music Outstanding Alumna Award, Medley holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting with a cognate in music theory from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; an M.M. in Accompanying from the University of Akron; and a B.M. in Music Education summa cum laude from Kent State University, 在那里她师从诺姆堡获奖钢琴家玛格丽特·巴克斯特雷瑟学习钢琴.
